Transcript of Video Blog: Hey everybody, it’s Rowan Smith of the Mortgage Center. I’m here today to talk about appraisals. There seems to be a lot of confusion as to when appraisals are ordered, when they’re not ordered. This blog today is going to detail in what circumstances it’s going to be needed. It’s a
We get many questions from clients who think that we don’t order appraisals until everything else in financing is done and that the appraisals is just to “finalize some numbers,” and nothing could be further from the truth. The appraisal is the cornerstone to the entire mortgage deal. If the bank is lending YOU money,
During the process of getting a mortgage approval, you broker may require you to get an appraisal. Many times, clients respond with, “but I already did a building inspection. Does the bank want that report?” NO. Appraisal and building inspection are two different things. An Appraisal is the process whereby the bank sends in a
