Honesty and Integrity: Anderson Appraisal Service

We have a great deal of responsibilities as appraisers, but above everything we answer to our clients. Typically, in residential practice, the lender (or an agent of the lender) places the order to the appraiser, becoming the appraiser's client. Certain matters pertaining to an assignment are to be discussed with the appraiser's client. So, as a homeowner, if you want to review the appraisal document, you normally have to get it via your lender instead of the appraiser.

Other responsibilities include accurate figures appropriate to the parameters of the report, reaching and keeping a respectable level of competency and education, and of course, the appraiser must behave in a professional manner. Here at Anderson Appraisal Service, we take these ethical responsibilities very seriously.

Appraisers will sometimes need to consider the interests of third parties, such as homeowners, both sellers and buyers, 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 knows, based on the scope of work or other things in the framework of the assignment.

	Anderson Appraisal Service has worked hard for its track record for completing appraisals with the highest of ethics. Contact us today to learn more.

There are also ethical standards that have nothing to do with clients and others. For example, appraisers must be able to produce their work files for a minimum of five years - at Anderson Appraisal Service you can rest assured that we adhere to that rule.

Anderson Appraisal Service holds itself to the industry standards and guidelines set in place for ethics. We refuse to accept anything less from ourselves. Doing assignments based on contingency fees is not something we can consider. That means we are not able to agree to do an appraisal report and base our pay upon coming up with a particular value conclusion. It should be obvious that fabricating a property's value to achieve what amounts to a higher paycheck is unethical! We just don't do it.

Finally, the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice explicitly describes 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 be assured we are doing everything we can to provide an unbiased determination of the home or property value.

As soon as you request an appraisal from Anderson Appraisal Service, we'll make sure you're getting the professional service you expect along with the high ethical standards we're known for.