by Admin | Oct 21, 2024 | Insurance, Residential
Home prices go up and go down. Mortgage rates go up and go down. One location gets hot and then another. The media runs stories about labor costs going up; material and supply costs going up. Various catastrophes occur—floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, wildfires, etc....
by Admin | Sep 25, 2024 | Residential
According to the Census Bureau, of the 666,000 single-family homes sold in 2023: 574,000 were detached homes and 92,000 were attached homes. 296,000 had three bedrooms and 334,000 had four or more bedrooms. 213,000 had 2 bathrooms, 214,000 had 2-1/2 bathrooms and...
by Admin | Jun 25, 2024 | Insurance, Residential
While some housing costs are included in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) it does not include all the costs that affect homeowners. One cost that has risen sharply in recent years is homeowners insurance. Climate change has resulted in more expensive disasters, which...
by Admin | May 22, 2024 | Residential
We are often asked to determine an architectural style that is out of the ordinary. Perhaps it’s a church that was converted to a home or a factory converted to a townhouse or a Victorian home stripped of its ornate decorations and renovated to become a 3-family home....
by Admin | Apr 17, 2024 | Commercial, Residential
The e2Value Economic Approach looks at the whole structure versus just the sum of the parts. It also factors in the market that helps determine the asset valuation. Think of the difference between 2% generic milk and that of organic milk. There will be small...
by Admin | Mar 8, 2024 | Commercial, Insurance, Residential
At e2Value, we look at the entire structure and follow the principle found in any appraiser’s book of procedure: To value any item, you need to value the item where the owner of the item “shops.” In other words, compare like items to like items, which is also called...
