Spyglass Valuation Services (541) 347-1150 provides honest and ethical appraisals for Coos County

Spyglass Valuation Services (541) 347-1150 upholds the utmost professional ethics

We think of our job as a profession. The rigors of becoming a licensed appraiser have increased more than ever in the past. That's why it goes without question in this day and age that real estate appraisal can definitely be called a profession as opposed to a trade. As with any profession we have a strict ethical code.

We have many obligations as appraisers, but our chief duty is to our clients. Typically, for a regular 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 hired in order to maintain independence. Subsequently, appraisers are typically limited to only disclosing information to their clients, so as a homeowner, if you want a copy of an appraisal report, you generally have to obtain it through your lender instead of the appraiser.

Other responsibilities include numerical accuracy depending on the scope of the assignment, acquiring and keeping a certain level of competency and education, and naturally, the appraiser must bear a professional demeanor. Maintaining high ethics is standard operating procedure for us at Spyglass Valuation Services (541) 347-1150.

In some cases appraisers will have fiduciary responsibilities to third parties, including homeowners, buyers and sellers, or others. Those third parties normally are defined in scope of the appraisal assignment itself. An appraiser's fiduciary responsibility is limited to those third parties who the appraiser is aware of, based on the scope of work or other written parameters of the order.


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There are also ethical rules that have nothing to do with whom we share information. For example, appraisers must backup their work files for at least five years - something else Spyglass Valuation Services (541) 347-1150 takes very seriously.

Spyglass Valuation Services (541) 347-1150 holds itself to the industry standards and rules set in place for ethics. We refuse to accept anything less from ourselves. 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 the fee only if the loan closes. There's an obvious conflict of interest if an appraiser can report a larger value and then get paid more money! We set ourselves to a higher standard.

Finally, the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (or simply "USPAP") explicitly defines unethical behavior as the acceptance 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 rest easy knowing we are going above and beyond to get you an accurate home or property value.

When you request an appraisal from Spyglass Valuation Services (541) 347-1150, we'll make sure you're getting the professional service you deserve along with the honesty and integrity we're known for.