Are some appraisers failing to see the improvements in real estate values underway in local markets that have recently bottomed out and turned positive? When multiple bids push a house price thousands ...

Two Internet companies are creating a stir by offering consumers a way to measure the worth of their homes online using expensive calculators that once were the domain of lenders. Zillow.com and ...

If you’ve ever wondered how house appraisals work, you’ve landed on the right page. Although house appraisals may seem overwhelming with all the technical jargon and numbers, learning about them and ...

Geary Farrell was shocked when a recent appraisal for a refinance put a $250,000 value on his two-story Tallmadge Township home on Fennessy Lake. "It must have been four years ago or so we had it ...

Wachovia Corp. is facing a lawsuit claiming it underpays its in-house appraisers, whom the company has repeatedly called the bedrock of its underwriting of option adjustable-rate mortgages. The ...

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Hampton’s head assessor hopes that residents will welcome the officials into their homes. Hampton appraisers are making field checks on houses in four neighborhoods after the new city assessor found ...