MJK Appraisal (330) 745-5659 provides honest and ethical appraisals for Summit County

MJK Appraisal (330) 745-5659 maintains the utmost professional ethics

We think of what we do as a profession. The rigors of becoming a licensed appraiser have increased more than ever before. That's why it goes without question in this day and age that real estate appraisal can certainly be called a profession as opposed to a trade. In our field, as with any profession, we have a strict ethical code.

An appraiser's primary responsibility is to their client. More often than not, 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 elements 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 generally have to request it via your lender and not the appraiser.

Other obligations include accurate figures appropriate to the nature of the report, attaining and maintaining a respectable level of competency and education, and the appraiser must conduct him or herself as a professional. Here at MJK Appraisal (330) 745-5659, we take these ethical responsibilities very to heart.

In some cases appraisers will have fiduciary responsibilities to third parties, including homeowners, sellers and buyers, or others. Those third parties normally are spelled out 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 job.


	MJK Appraisal (330) 745-5659 has worked hard for its track record for performing appraisals with the highest of ethics. To learn more, contact us.

There are also ethical standards that have nothing to do with whom we share information. For example, appraisers must be able to produce their work files for at least five years - something else MJK Appraisal (330) 745-5659 diligently adheres to.

When creating reports, we follow the highest ethical standards possible. Doing orders based on contingency fees is never an option. In other words, we can't agree to do an appraisal report and base our pay upon coming up with a particular value conclusion. Anyone should be able to see that fabricating a property's value to achieve a bigger fee is unethical! We just don't do it.

Finally, the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (or simply "USPAP") explicitly defines a violation in ethics 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 working hard to get you an accurate home or property value.

With MJK Appraisal (330) 745-5659, you won't have any doubts that you're receiving 100 percent ethical, honest service.