Honesty and Integrity: Alexa Appraisal (703) 425-2581

We have quite a few responsibilities as appraisers, but our main duty is to our clients. Typically, for a normal residential appraisal, the appraiser's client is the lender ordering the appraisal, and often the appraisal is ordered by a third party the lender has contracted in order to maintain independence. Thereon, appraisers are typically limited to only disclosing their findings to their clients, so as a homeowner, if you would like a copy of an appraisal report, you generally have to request it from your lender instead of the appraiser.

Other obligations include accurate calculations appropriate to the parameters of the assignment, reaching and maintaining an adequate level of competency and education, and the appraiser must conduct him or herself as a professional. Here at Alexa Appraisal (703) 425-2581, we take these ethical responsibilities very to heart.

Appraisers will sometimes be obligated to consider the interests of third parties, such as homeowners, sellers and buyers, or others. Typically the third parties are specifically defined in the appraisal report. An appraiser's fiduciary responsibility is only to those parties who the appraiser is aware of, based on the scope of work or other written parameters of the job.

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There are also ethical standards that have nothing to do with whom we share information. For example, appraisers must keep their work files for at least five years - something else Alexa Appraisal (703) 425-2581 takes very seriously.

While working on an assignment, we follow the highest ethical standards possible. Accepting assignments based on contingency fees is not something we can consider. That means we can't agree to do an appraisal report and base our pay upon coming up with a particular value conclusion. There's a definite conflict of interest if an appraiser can report a greater value with the reward of getting paid more money! We set ourselves to a higher standard.

Finally, the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (or simply "USPAP") also states unethical behavior as accepting of an assignment that is contingent on "the reporting of a pre-determined result (e.g., opinion of value)", "a direction in assignment results that favors the cause of the client", or "the amount of a value opinion" in addition to other situations We diligently follow these rules to the letter which means you can be assured we are going above and beyond to provide an unbiased determination of the home or property value.

With Alexa Appraisal (703) 425-2581, you can be assured of 100 percent ethical, honest service.