We are Certified residential appraisers located in Santa Rosa, California serving the North Bay Counties of:

Our more than 45 year history in the Northern California and Wine Country area insures we have the expertise and the knowledge of different neighborhoods and markets to deliver accurate values on time.

We specialize in REO, complex and conforming residential and rural property appraisals. We are FHA/HUD approved appraisers.

With 30 years of customer service experience, we have a proven track record of reducing lenders time, efforts and costs in managing the appraisal process.

We pride ourselves on providing fast turn around times with courteous service, competitive rates and performing the job "right the first time". We provide appraisals for:

  • Primary and Secondary Mortgages
  • Mortgage Refinancing
  • Employee Relocation
  • Private Mortgage Insurance (PMI) Removal
  • Estate Planning
  • Divorce Settlement
  • REO/Foreclosures/Short Sales
  • FHA/HUD and More

    By offering online appraisal ordering, coupled with automatic report status updates and electronic delivery of the final product, we're able to eliminate the run around and phone tag hassles associated with the appraisal process, thus saving you money.

    We keep our rates competitive by offering:
    • Online Status Reports
    • Electronic Ordering and Delivery
    • Use of the most current technology

    Through our website, ordering an appraisal is just a click away

    We look forward to serving you!

  • Appraisal Scoop:
     
    AMCs vs. Direct Contact Roughly 50/50 Post-HVCC
    6/18/2009 5:52 AM
    Nearly six weeks after the Home Valuation Code of Conduct went into effect, technology vendor Global DMS found that the number of lenders ordering appraisals through appraisal management companies was roughly the same percentage as those lenders who ordered appraisals....Read More
     
    Open Letter from a la mode Chairman: Reversing the damage done by the HVCC
    6/18/2009 5:52 AM
    To: Our colleagues in the real estate industry From: David Biggers, Chairman, a la mode, inc. RE: Reversing the damage done by the HVCC As many of you are aware, we’ve always been at the forefront of lobbying for and....Read More
     
    NAMB - HVCC Call To Action
    6/18/2009 5:52 AM
    To: All Mortgage Brokers, Real Estate Agents, Appraisers, Lenders, Home Builders, Title Agents, and Consumers From: Marc Savitt, President- National Association of Mortgage Brokers After more than a year of exhaustive negotiations with Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Director of FHFA....Read More
     
    Fannie Mae Announcement 09-19 - Clarification of Announcement 08-30, Appraisal-Related Policy Changes and Clarifications
    6/18/2009 5:52 AM
    Fannie Mae's Announcement 09-19 updates and clarifies the following appraisal and property-related topic: Clarification of Announcement 08-30, Appraisal-Related Policy Changes and Clarifications Updates to Announcement 08-30, Appraisal-Related Policy Changes and Clarifications. Market Conditions Addendum to the Appraisal Report In Announcement....Read More
     
    New Appraisal System (HVCC) Impacts Consumers
    6/18/2009 5:52 AM
    [The other day Appraisal Scoop posted I'm just an Appraiser. How can I do anything to impact the HVCC? , with permission from Truett D. Neathery, who suggested getting LOCALwith your activism. I belive the following article provides a good....Read More
     
    Speak Up! Home Valuation Code of Conduct's Unintended Consequences
    6/18/2009 5:52 AM
    Today I'm starting a new category on Appraisal Scoop called - Speak Up! I'll use this category to re-blog (with permission) the best of comments, forum posts, and "Letters To The Editor" that I find. If you come across (or....Read More
     
    PR: ClickFORMS Prepared for Fannie's New MISMO XML Data Delivery Requirements
    6/18/2009 5:52 AM
    Beginning March 1, 2010, Fannie Mae will require all appraisal reports to be submitted to them electronically in the MISMO Appraisal XML format (click here). This new guideline is for lenders, the lenders will be requiring appraisers to submit their....Read More
     
    I'm just an Appraiser. How can I do anything to impact the HVCC?
    6/18/2009 5:52 AM
    Re-blogged with permission from Truett D. Neathery - Real Estate Appraiser - neatheryt@sbcglobal.net originally posted on the Inland CA Appraisers Forum . Everyone on this forum [blog] lives where there is a newspaper. Every newspaper has a Real Estate section,....Read More
     
    Assuring Accurate Appraisals, Part II: What's A Consumer To Do?
    6/18/2009 5:52 AM
    According to Broderick Perkin's first article article Assuring Accurate Appraisals Part I: "During the height of the housing boom, appraisers were pressured to up the value of homes. Now, during the housing downturn, appraisers are being pressured to lower the....Read More
     
    Press Release: FNC(R) Endorses Fannie Mae Electronic Appraisal Delivery Initiative
    6/18/2009 5:52 AM
    AI Ready(TM) is an accepted delivery format under Fannie Mae Announcement 09-14 OXFORD, Miss., June 3 /PRNewswire/ -- In response to inquiries from its mortgage lender and appraiser clients, officials of mortgage technology company FNC, Inc. said they fully support....Read More




                      

                                      

                                        

                                                                                                            


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