by hmsdesign | Aug 11, 2019 | Blog, Real Estate
When it comes to Realtors® and square footage, they have the public totally fooled. The mystery over measuring square footage allows them to price homes based on inaccurate square footage, using their all-powerful price-per-square-foot formula, and no one seems to be...
by hmsdesign | Jun 24, 2019 | Blog, Real Estate
Yes, it’s time for real estate agents to start accepting responsibility for providing accurate square footage details to all prospective buyers, other agents and to appraisers who all depend on the data they provide. No agent is required by law to measure a house....
by hmsdesign | Jun 19, 2019 | Blog, Real Estate
Inaccurate square footage is already an issue that hurts the home-buying public. The lack of a nationally mandated measurement standard creates confusion and disagreement among all those that provide this information for the public. The inconsistencies among agents...
by hmsdesign | May 19, 2019 | Blog, Misceallaneous, Real Estate
Bifurcated appraisals are just one more step in a master plan to eliminate appraisers from the mortgage lending process. At the end of all the discussions, any changes to the appraisal industry are not about improving the process but about who profits from that...
by hmsdesign | Mar 20, 2019 | Blog, Misceallaneous
For Agents or Owners: CMA, BPO, AVM? I just want to know the fair value of my home. Too many real estate agents don’t measure homes any longer and when they create a value for you, they base it on the square footage in tax records. Guess what? The square...
by hmsdesign | Jan 29, 2019 | Blog, Misceallaneous
Let’s talk about walk through inspections, measuring homes, and completing all aspects of an appraisal assignment we put our signatures on. We can all see the ever growing wave of Hybrid Appraisal products. So, let’s talk about the one number at the start of every...
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