Greater Houston Appraisal Group, Inc. provides honest and ethical appraisals for Harris County

Honesty and Integrity: Greater Houston Appraisal Group, Inc.

Appraising is generally a long term career. The rigors of becoming a licensed appraiser have become more difficult than ever before. So it goes without question in this day and age that real estate appraisal can unquestionably be considered a profession rather than a trade. In our field, as with any profession, we must follow strict ethical considerations.

We have quite a few obligations as appraisers, but our main duty is to our clients. Normally, for a typical 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 contracted in order to maintain independence. It's important to know that a lot of matters relating to an assignment are to be discussed exclusively with the appraiser's client. So, as a homeowner, if you desire a copy of an appraisal report, you normally should request it from your lender instead of the appraiser.

Other responsibilities include accurate sums appropriate to the nature of the assignment, reaching and sustaining an appropriate level of competency and education, and naturally, the appraiser must bear a professional demeanor. Maintaining high ethics is just normal course of business for us at Greater Houston Appraisal Group, Inc..

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


	Greater Houston Appraisal Group, Inc. has worked hard for its reputation for providing appraisals with the highest of ethics. To learn more, contact us.

Appraisers also have rules outside of boundaries of with whom we share information For example, appraisers must store their work files for at least five years - at Greater Houston Appraisal Group, Inc. you can rest assured that we stick to that rule.

We demand the highest professional integrity possible from ourselves. Working on orders based on contingency fees is not something we can consider. In other words, we don't 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 property's value to achieve what amounts to a bigger paycheck is unethical! We set ourselves to a higher standard.

Finally, the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (or simply "USPAP") 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" in addition to other situations We diligently follow these rules to the letter which means you can be assured we are going above and beyond to objectively determine the home or property value.

With Greater Houston Appraisal Group, Inc., you can be assured of 100 percent ethical, professional service.