Author Archives: TrueValue

Housing Values up on demand, but can lower financing costs help?

New warning lights for rising home prices Home prices are crossing the line again. After an epic housing crash, where values plummeted nationally by almost 35 percent, the nation is seeing new highs again. The median price of an existing home sold in May hit a record $239,700, according to the National Association of Realtors, […]

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Commercial Real Estate Appraisal News

Appraisers group unveils three-year strategic plan | Real Estate Weekly The nation’s largest professional association of real estate appraisers today announced a three-year strategic plan to address challenges and opportunities facing the organization and the real estate valuation profession. The strategic plan includes five core values governing the Appraisal Institute’s continued growth and development: Distinctiveness: […]

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Estate and Inheritance Appraisals & Misc Value Building

A death in the family or in some cases in the company can create more than mourning over the deceased, Sometimes it can result in serious issues and sometimes fighting over the value of real estate amount heirs. Typically, estate appraisals occur within two to six months of the death of the property owner.  Retrospective […]

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Minneapolis Office Buildings

SkyScrapers Dot the Minneapolis Skyline We do not get a chance to do an appraisal on Minneapolis’s many skyscrapers very often, but we have done a fair number of office building appraisals over the years. We recently wondered about how Minneapolis stacks up with other metro areas in the category of Skyscrapers and here is […]

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Land & Development Property Appraisal

Development Land Appraisals Focus on Two Possibilities The value of the land in its current use The value the land should it be sub-divided A comprehensive development land appraisal will consider both in either a summary or complete format, depending in part on the intended purpose of the appraisal. These reports will take into account the physical […]

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MN Real Estate Appraisal Services Minnesota

Here is a Google Map showing the Cities in Minnesota we serve. While we do not list every corner of the state of Minnesota, we are more than willing to go outside out stated territory for larger more complex situations requiring our expertize. Give us a call at 612-618-0917 to discuss your situation. We will […]

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Real Estate Appraisal Services in Minnesota

Real Estate Appraisals That Stand Up In Court Minnesota Real Estate Appraisal Services stresses in our Adwords ads that our Appraisals stand up in court.  They do so, because we do them right, every time. That is necessarily true of all our compatriots, sad to say. The Supreme Court has spoken – Not anyone can be […]

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