For honest and ethical appraisals, trust Anchorage Appraisal Service, LLC

The appraiser's chief obligation is to their client. More often than not, in residential practice, the lender (or an agent of the lender) places the order to the appraiser, becoming the appraiser's client. Subsequently, appraisers are typically limited to only disclosing their findings to their clients, so as a homeowner, if you would like to review an appraisal report, you normally should get it via your lender and not the appraiser.

Other obligations include numerical accuracy depending on the assignment's nature, reaching and sustaining an adequate level of competency and education, and the appraiser must conduct him or herself as a professional. Here at Anchorage Appraisal Service, LLC, we take these ethical responsibilities very to heart.

In some cases appraisers will have fiduciary responsibilities to third parties, including homeowners, both buyers and sellers, or others. Typically the third parties are clearly defined in the appraisal report. An appraiser's fiduciary responsibility is restricted to those parties who the appraiser knows, based on the scope of work or other things in the framework of the job.

	Anchorage Appraisal Service, LLC has an established track record for completing competent and ethically superior appraisals. Contact us today to learn more.

Appraisers also have duties outside of boundaries of with whom we share information For example, appraisers must be able to produce their work files for at least five years - something else Anchorage Appraisal Service, LLC makes a part of their standard routine.

We demand the highest ethical standards possible from ourselves. Doing assignments where our fee is dependent on our value conclusion is not something we can consider. In other words, we can't agree to do an appraisal report and collect the fee only if the loan closes. It should be apparent to anyone that inflating a value to achieve essentially a higher paycheck is unethical! This isn't how we operate.

Finally, the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice clearly 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" as well as 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.

As soon as you engage Anchorage Appraisal Service, LLC, we'll make sure you're getting the professional service you deserve along with the high ethical standards we're known for.