Josh Anderson Appraisals, INC. provides honest and ethical appraisals for Calcasieu County

Josh Anderson Appraisals, INC. upholds the highest professional ethics

Appraising is, by and large, a long term career. The rigors of becoming a licensed appraiser have become more difficult than ever before. So it goes without question these days that real estate appraisal can unquestionably be dubbed a profession rather than a trade. As with any profession we must follow strict ethical considerations.

An appraiser's main responsibility is to their client. Typically, for a normal 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 retained to maintain independence. It follows that appraisers are privy to a lot of information, and like an attorney, can only discuss many of these matters with their client. As a homeowner, if you want a copy of the appraisal document, you generally have to obtain it through your lender instead of the appraiser.

Other responsibilities include accurate figures appropriate to the scope of the report, acquiring and sustaining a respectable level of competency and education, and naturally, the appraiser must bear a professional demeanor. Maintaining high ethics and client confidentiality is standard operating procedure for us at Josh Anderson Appraisals, INC..

There are some scenarios in which appraisers will have fiduciary responsibilities to third parties, such as homeowners, both buyers and sellers, or others. Those third parties normally are listed in scope of the appraisal assignment itself. An appraiser's fiduciary responsibility is only to those third parties who the appraiser is aware of, based on the scope of work or other things in the framework of the order.


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There are also ethical duties that have nothing to do with clients and others. For example, appraisers must be able to produce their work files for at least five years - something else Josh Anderson Appraisals, INC. makes a part of their standard routine.

We demand the highest professional integrity possible from ourselves. Working on assignments based on contingency fees is not something we can consider. In other words, we are not able to agree to do an appraisal report and collect payment on the contingency of the loan closing. Anyone should be able to see that fabricating a home's value to achieve what amounts to a higher fee is unethical! This isn't how we operate.

Finally, the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice explicitly states a violation in ethics 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 be assured we are doing everything we can to get you an accurate home or property value.

When you request an appraisal from Josh Anderson Appraisals, INC., we'll make sure you're getting the professional service you expect along with the business principles we're known for.