For honest and ethical appraisals, count on Benjamin Anne Real Estate Appraisals & Consulting

We have many obligations as appraisers, but our primary duty is to our clients. Normally, 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 hired in order to maintain independence. Appraisers are typically limited to only disclosing information to their clients, so as a homeowner, if you desire a copy of an appraisal report, you normally have to obtain it via your lender and not the appraiser.

Other obligations include accurate calculations appropriate to the nature of the assignment, acquiring and sustaining an adequate level of competency and education, and naturally, the appraiser must bear a professional demeanor. Here at Benjamin Anne Real Estate Appraisals & Consulting, we take these ethical responsibilities very seriously.

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

	Benjamin Anne Real Estate Appraisals & Consulting has an established track record for providing appraisals with the highest of ethics. Contact us today to learn more.

There are also ethical standards that have nothing to do with whom we share information. For example, appraisers must keep their work files for at least five years - at Benjamin Anne Real Estate Appraisals & Consulting you can rest assured that we abide by that rule.

We require the highest professional integrity possible from ourselves. Accepting orders based on contingency fees is not something we can consider. That means we don't agree to do an appraisal report and collect payment on the contingency of the loan closing. There's an obvious conflict of interest if an appraiser can report an unsubstantiated value with the reward of getting paid more money! We set ourselves to a higher standard.

Finally, the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice also 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" as well as other situations. We diligently follow these rules to the letter which means you can rest easy knowing we are working hard to get you an accurate home or property value.

With Benjamin Anne Real Estate Appraisals & Consulting, you can be assured of 100 percent ethical, professional service.