Appraisal.com Nationwide Appraisal Network: Appraisal Requirements
Small Residential Income Property Report (FNMA 1025 / FHLMC 72)

As a condition of payment and continued participation, the following requirements must be met by all appraisers on each report produced for the Appraisal.com Nationwide Appraisal Network. If you have any questions about these requirements, please contact the Appraisal.com Appraisal Quality and Review Department at 716.332.5950 x525 or email at support@appraisal.com.

General

(1) The report must be USPAP compliant, and meet minimum requirements set forth by Appraisal.com.

(2) The report must be produced in a manner that is consistent with all applicable federal, state and local laws.

(3) The report must be submitted on a typed or computer-generated (not handwritten) document that is a reasonable facsimile of the current Fannie Mae Form 1025 / Freddie Mac Form 72 and all pertinent fields must be completed. If the appraiser chooses to omit any fields, an explanation must be included.

(4) The report must be delivered to Appraisal.com as an Adobe Acrobat® PDF document or, if the appraiser is unable to deliver the document as an Adobe Acrobat PDF document, the report may be delivered by overnight courier to the Appraisal.com Nationwide Appraisal Network (620 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14202). Delivery by courier shall be at the appraiser's sole expense and will cause the appraiser to incur a fee (see the Appraisal.com Terms of Use) for Appraisal.com to scan and upload the document as an Adobe Acrobat PDF document.

(5) The report must indicate if the site is being utilized for the highest and best use and, if not, an explanation must be included.

(6) Except in cases where the cost approach is clearly inappropriate (such as an antique structure) the cost approach section of the report must be completed. If the cost approach is not included, an explanation as to why it has been excluded must be included in the report.

(7) The income approach must be completed.

(8) Except in cases where three comparable listings are not available, at least three comparable listings must be included in the report.  If three comparable listings are not included, an explanation as to why less than three comparable listings were reported must be included.

(9) Except in cases where three comparable rentals are not available, at least three comparable rentals must be included in the report.  If three comparable rentals are not included, an explanation as to why less than three comparable rentals were reported must be included.   If less than three comparable rentals were reported, an explanation as to what impact, if any, upon the income approach to value, must be reported.

(11) Unless instructed otherwise within the order details, the report must name the company who ordered it as the Client for the report. If requested to do so by Appraisal.com within 30 days of report delivery, the appraiser must change the client name to reflect the correct name. However, if the name change request is due to a change of investor, the appraiser may charge a fee of up to $100 to Appraisal.com.

(10) The report must contain a final opinion of market value.

(11) The report must contain the effective date of the appraisal.

(12) The report must comply with any reasonable requests made within the special instructions section of the appraisal order.

Appraiser(s)

(1) The report must be produced by the appraiser (or appraisal firm) the appraisal assignment was sent to. The appraiser who produces the report (or the supervisory appraiser, if state law allows) must hold a current and valid state license and/or certification.

(2) The report must contain the signature as well as the date of signature.

(3) The report must contain the appraiser's State Certification (or License) number as well as the expiration date of the State Certification (or License).

(4) If an apprentice or assistant produces the report, the supervisory appraiser must also sign the report and date his or her signature. The supervisory appraiser must indicate whether or not he or she has inspected the subject property.

Attachments / Addenda

(1) The report must contain a sketch of the floor plan of the subject property. The floor plan must indicate the placement of rooms within the property (either by the inclusion of interior walls and/or room names) if the placement of the rooms has any significant bearing upon the value or marketability of the property (i.e. functional obsolescence due to poor traffic flow). The sketch must indicate the dimensions of the condominium unit.

(2) The report must include a detailed calculation of the gross living area of the subject property. The calculation of the gross living area must agree with the information shown on the sketch.

(3) The report must contain a current street map showing the exact locations of the subject, comparable sales, comparable listings, and comparable rentals, as well as the location of any other properties mentioned within the report as affecting the value of the subject (such as a neighboring property exhibiting negative characteristics).

(4) The report must contain an appropriate Statement of Limiting Conditions.

(5) If requested within the special instructions section of the appraisal order, the report must include a flood map addendum.

(6) The report must contain an Operating Income Statement (Fannie Mae Form 216 / Freddie Mac Form 998).

Photographs

(1) The report must contain current, clear and well-framed color photographs of the following:

·       Front of subject property

·       Rear of subject property

·       Street Scene

·       Any relevant or pertinent items (such as views, orchards, custom construction features, outbuildings, damage, detrimental conditions, substandard neighboring properties, obsolete items, pending construction, etc.) that are described within the report as affecting the value and/or marketability of the subject property.

·       Front views of all comparable sales used within the report

(2) All photographs of the subject property must have been taken at time of inspection. Photographs of comparables may be "file photos" (a "file photo" is any photograph taken from the appraiser's databases or the databases of a third party, such as a multiple listing service or appraisers' cooperative), as long as the appraiser has (a) viewed the comparable property within the previous 90 days and (b) has disclosed within the report that the photographs are "file photos".

(3) All photographs must be in focus and taken with sufficient lighting so that major and minor details of the property can be clearly viewed.

(4) All photographs must be framed in such a way that the subject of the photograph fits completely into the photograph.

(5) Photographs may not contain people or any element that may cause a reader of the appraisal to make assumptions regarding the racial composition of the neighborhood.

Comparables

(1)   Comparable sales must have actually closed and must be from a verifiable data source. The source(s) of data for all comparable sales used within the report must be disclosed.

(2)    The source(s) of data for all comparable rentals used within the report must be disclosed.

(3) Any adjustment(s) that are in any way subjective (such as views, appeal, condition, location ratings, etc.) must be clearly explained in the report.

(4) All adjustments must be shown within the comparable grid and totaled.

·       Any individual adjustment that exceeds ±10% of the sale price for that comparable must be commented to include (a) an explanation of the adjustment made and (b) necessity for the use of that comparable.

·       Any total net adjustment of any comparable that exceeds ±15% of the sale price for that comparable must be commented to include the necessity for the use of that comparable.

·       Any gross adjustment of any comparable that exceeds 25% of the sale price for that comparable must be commented to include the necessity for the use of that comparable.

·       Any special adjustments (such as "upgrades") made by the appraiser that do not fall within the scope of the predefined adjustments on the 1004 form must be clearly explained within the report.

(5) The report must indicate the reason(s) why any comparable located more than one mile from the subject property was chosen.

(6) The report must indicate the reason(s) why any comparable sale that closed more than 6 months prior to/after the effective date was chosen.

(7) The report must indicate the reason(s) why any comparable with a gross living area variance of ±20% was chosen.

(8) The report must indicate the reason(s) why any comparables that would seem (to a reviewer of the report) to not be the most appropriate comparables were chosen.