http://www.my-currency.com/blogs/karim/2007/04/24/coercion-upon-appraisers/ - solving problems one market at a time Wed, 07 Jan 2009 06:11:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 http://www.my-currency.com/blogs/karim/2007/04/24/coercion-upon-appraisers/#comment-1201 Wisest of the crowds » Selling your soul in sub-prime Tue, 08 May 2007 04:59:20 +0000 http://www.my-currency.com/blogs/karim/2007/04/24/coercion-upon-appraisers/#comment-1201 [...] I have posted several times about the conflicts between the appraisers, lenders, and agents here, here and here. Bottom line is that it may be time for buyers to hire their own appraisers. This doesn’t represent a new expense but rather a disaggregation of a current expense. If a buyer uses cash, rather than having the costs buried in other transaction costs, than the buyers can control quality and appraiser can get on with their jobs with conflicts. [...] […] I have posted several times about the conflicts between the appraisers, lenders, and agents here, here and here. Bottom line is that it may be time for buyers to hire their own appraisers. This doesn’t represent a new expense but rather a disaggregation of a current expense. If a buyer uses cash, rather than having the costs buried in other transaction costs, than the buyers can control quality and appraiser can get on with their jobs with conflicts. […]

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