Honesty and Integrity: Connie Nugera

The appraiser's primary obligation is to their client. 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 retained to maintain independence. It's important to know that certain matters relating to an assignment are to be discussed with the appraiser's client. As a homeowner, if you desire to obtain a copy of the appraisal document, you normally should obtain it via your lender instead of the appraiser.

Other responsibilities include accurate calculations appropriate to the nature of the assignment, acquiring and maintaining a certain level of competency and education, and the appraiser must conduct him or herself as a professional. Here at Connie Nugera, we take these ethical responsibilities very seriously.

Appraisers will often need to consider the interests of third parties, including homeowners, both sellers and buyers, or others. Generally the third parties are clearly defined in the appraisal report. 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 assignment.

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Appraisers also have duties outside of boundaries of clients and others. For example, appraisers must be able to produce their work files for at least five years - something else Connie Nugera diligently adheres to.

While busy with an assignment, we follow the highest ethical standards possible. Working on assignments based on contingency fees is not something we can consider. In other words, we can't agree to do an appraisal report and base our pay upon coming up with a particular value conclusion. There's a definite 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") also states 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" in addition to other situations We diligently follow these rules to the letter which means you can be at ease knowing we are doing everything we can to get you an accurate home or property value.

When you engage Connie Nugera, we'll make sure you're getting the professional service you deserve along with the honesty and integrity we're known for.