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Top Four Best Places to Buy and Sell Antiques

If you’re up for the travel and antique shipping, here are four places to start your search for the best place to buy and sell your antiques away from home.

Are Antique Typewriter's Worth Collecting?

Ever wonder whether that antique typewriter in the attic is worth anything? Read more about antique typing machines and their value to collectors.

What The Antiques Roadshow Can Teach You About Selling A Home

Many homeowners are confused about real estate valuation, but a handful of antiques roadshow appraisals would enlighten them on how it's done.

7 Things You Need to Know Before Shopping a Big Antiques Market

Ever wonder why Joanna Gaines always gets the good stuff? Not anymore.

How to Prepare For a Real Estate Appraisal

See how to prepare for a real estate appraisal. Preparing for an appraisers arrival is a key part of having your appraisal turn out the way you want it too.

How to Deal With a Pawn Shop

A pawn shop can be a good place to get a few extra dollars if you need a loan or a quick sale. Pawn shops typically allow you to either sell an item outright, or place the item in the temporary care of the store in exchange for a cash...

What is an Appraisal?

How do Auctioneers Know What Everything is Worth?

With everything that auctioneers sell, how can they possibly know the worth of every item?

Appraisals: Reflecting Market or Hindering It?

Low housing inventories in many markets have sparked bidding wars that have pushed home prices up higher than recent comparable sales. But low appraisals then threaten to derail the deals, agents say.

Why Might You Need an Appraisal? How Do Appraisals Work?

Lenders require a professional, independent appraisal of the property you want to buy or refinance to ensure that it is worth at least as the mortgage.

Are All Home Appraisals the Same?

A successful home buying transaction hinges on the appraisal. Banks require homes to appraise at or above market value for mortgage approval.

What Is Appraisal Fraud?

Appraisal fraud occurs when a licensed appraiser deliberately misstates the price of a home. Learn what appraisal fraud is and what you can do if you’re a victim.

What is a Property Appraisal?

Appraisals are used to put an amount to your loan. Sometimes appraisals come in lower than expected, but there are ways to increase home value.

Reasons Why an Appraisal Comes in Low

See the reasons why an appraisal comes in low. When buying or selling a home a low real estate appraisal can cause problems with the sale.

How Appraisal Adjustments Work

Have you ever wondered why appraisers make adjustments in their appraisal reports? Have you ever wondered how they come up with those adjustments? I discuss it in this article.

Tips to Improve the Appraisal of a House

In a volatile real estate market, an appraisal can mean the difference between selling your home for the asking price and having to settle for a discounted offer. Mortgage lenders depend on home ...

Who Needs An Appraisal?

How to Avoid a Low Home Appraisal

If the appraisal comes in low, the deal can go south. Better your chances with these tips.

"What is an Appraisal Gap on a Home Purchase?"

In this over-the-top competitive real estate market you must have multiple strategies in your tool box. This is one of the most effective. MORE money to a seller in this market? Why? Listen up.

New Tools, Techniques in Appraisal World

At a forum looking at how technological advancement is changing the world of valuations, experts from the lending, multiple listing services, and real estate worlds discussed frustrations and new deve