Foreclosure and Real Estate Owned Appraisal in NW IndianaProperties in foreclosure and homes that have returned to the lender's ownership create special appraisal problems.When dealing with a house in foreclosure, you need to understand market value versus a "quick disposition" price to know your potential charge-off liability. We can provide both snapshots of market value for our mortgage originating clients, as well as "quick sale" forecasts that take into account your time constraints.
Unique challenges may be present when dealing with owners of properties in foreclosure. They may be uncooperative to allowing an inspection of the home. They could have deserted the house already and/or neglected care of the home for quite awhile - or worse, intentionally harmed the house. You'll be interested in an expeditious disposition if the house has already changed to REO. So you need to understand and review three values: "as-is", "as repaired", and "quick sale". These symbolize:
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