Honesty and Integrity: APPRAISERSNC/CR&S Appraisal Services

The appraiser's chief responsibility is to their client. Generally, in residential practice, the appraiser's client is the lender ordering the appraisal, and often the appraisal is ordered by a third party the lender has retained to maintain independence. Thereon, appraisers are typically restricted to only disclosing their findings to their clients, so as a homeowner, if you want to obtain a copy of an appraisal report, you generally have to request it via your lender and not the appraiser.

Other obligations include accurate calculations appropriate to the nature of the report, attaining and keeping a certain level of competency and education, and of course, the appraiser must behave in a professional manner. Maintaining high ethics is what we do every day at APPRAISERSNC/CR&S Appraisal Services.

Appraisers will often need to consider the interests of third parties, such as homeowners, both buyers and sellers, or others. Generally the third parties are specifically defined in the appraisal report. An appraiser's fiduciary responsibility is limited to those parties who the appraiser is aware of, based on the scope of work or other written parameters of the assignment.

	APPRAISERSNC/CR&S Appraisal Services has an established track record for completing appraisals with the highest of ethics. Contact us today to learn more.

Appraisers also have standards outside of boundaries of clients and others. For example, appraisers must keep their work files for a minimum of five years - something else APPRAISERSNC/CR&S Appraisal Services makes a part of their standard routine.

When creating reports, we follow the highest ethical standards possible. Accepting orders where our fee is dependent on our value conclusion is never an option. In other words, we don't agree to do an appraisal report and collect payment on the contingency of the loan closing. There's certainly a conflict of interest if an appraiser can report an unsubstantiated value and then get paid more money! This isn't how we operate.

Finally, the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice also defines 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 follow these rules to the letter which means you can be at ease knowing we are working hard to provide an unbiased determination of the home or property value.

As soon as you order an appraisal from APPRAISERSNC/CR&S Appraisal Services, we'll make sure you're getting the professional service you deserve along with the high ethical standards we're known for.