Category Archives: Denham Springs FHA Appraisers

Question: How Much Does A Baton Rouge Home Appraisal Cost? My Appraiser Friend in Birmingham AL, Tom Horn, SRA, explains Appraisal fees. “I get asked a lot about the cost of an appraisal. Baton Rouge Real Estate News‘s insight: Greater Baton Rouge Home Appraisal Fees Explained.  Just as in a flooring installation on your home, if you’re only adding carpet to 2 rooms, then the fee or cost is going to be less than if you adding flooring to your entire home.  The same can be true for a Home Appraisal.  You can expect to pay less for a Home Appraisal Continue reading Question: How Much Does A Denham Springs Home Appraisal Cost?→

Last week’s S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices report showed strong positive gains in home prices, but those positive gains are threatened by rebounding Baton Rouge Real Estate News‘s insight: At Least 5 East Baton Rouge Zip Codes Impacted As Well.  I think the Banks waited to take homes back because they already had a glut of them. Im seeing competing distressed sales rates of 35 to 54% in 4 local zip codes in searches from 03 2010 to 03 2013. It finally caught up with these zip codes. BR Real Estate is having a fantastic year in the more favorable zip codes Continue reading Rebounding Foreclosures Threaten Home Price Gains in One-Third of Major Metros, At Least 5 East Baton Rouge Zip Codes Impacted As Well… | S&P Dow Jones Indices – HousingViews→

Collier Swecker video blogs about how home buyers need to understand that banks have started to accurately price foreclosure listings so that they will sell … Baton Rouge Real Estate News‘s insight: This is good news for the housing market!  Collier Swecker, Real Estate Broker in Birmingham AL, video blogs about how home buyers need to understand that banks have started to accurately price foreclosure listings so that they will sell quickly and closer to asking price. Gone are the days where banks spend little effort in arriving at a listing price and just hope that they get as much Continue reading VIDEO: Banks are Finally Pricing Denham Springs Foreclosed Homes to Sell Quickly?→

http://www.denhamspringsappraisers.com – Western Livingston Parish Denham Springs Walker Home Sales Trends comparison of the months of November 2011 versus N… Baton Rouge Real Estate News‘s insight: Below is a study of Western Livingston Parish home sales, All Ages, All Types located in GBRMLS Areas 81, 82 and 83, see map of those areas below. This study doesn’t represent ALL home sales in the entire Livingston Parish area as my focus of home appraisal work isn’t the entire Livingston Parish. Read more http://www.batonrougehousingreports.com/2012/12/denham-springs-walker-home-sales-november-2011-vs-2012/ NOTE: This is a month-to-month comparison, not a yearly total comparison. WESTERN LIVINGSTON PARISH HOME SALES SUMMARY: GOOD NEWS SUMMARY! Continue reading VIDEO: Denham Springs Walker Home Sales Trends November 2011 vs Nov 2012→

Could not agree more with Debbie Gartner’s post on hardwood flooring to help sell your home. She has awesome suggestions to fit limited budgets also. If you’re preparing your Tulsa home for sale, please take time to read this! Baton Rouge Real Estate News‘s insight: As a Denham Springs Home Appraiser, I would agree that higher quality “real” hardwood floors do help sell your home, NOT that cheap, thin $1.50/sf installed wood laminate flooring. CARPET IS OUT and many homes I inspect don’t even have carpet any longer, especially rental properties. I would say that in lower priced homes, cheaper Continue reading How hardwood flooring can help you sell your Denham Springs home→

Greater Baton Rouge Real Estate: Why No Extra Value for $40,000 Metal Workshop Homeowners sometimes LOSE when installing “Personal Preference” features! I just received a call from man that just had an appraisal completed on 1 acre plus 1800sf home with $40K workshop in Walker Louisiana. The appraisal didn’t give any extra value for workshop and stated that no other comps with a similar building could be found proving the market actually gives value for such a workshop…. See on activerain.com