Appraisals

All those repairs you’ve put off are about to cost you big when the appraisal form changes November 2, 2026. Learn what you should fix first.

Home Appraisals Now Take A Deep Dive On Deferred Repairs

Federal regulators went looking at what appraisers were actually writing in the open comment boxes on appraisal reports. What they found is the reason the entire form is being scrapped. In a published review of appraisal commentary, the Federal Housing Finance Agency reported that references to race and ethnicity persist in the commentary sections of present-day appraisals, even though the report...