Allen Appraisal & Consulting, Inc. provides honest and ethical appraisals for Clark County

Honesty and Integrity: Allen Appraisal & Consulting, Inc.

We think of our job as a profession. The rigors of becoming a licensed appraiser have increased more than ever in the past. That's why it goes without question these days that real estate appraisal can certainly be dubbed a profession rather than a trade. In our field, as with any profession, we are bound by an ethical code.

The appraiser's main responsibility is to their client. Generally, for a regular 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. Thereon, appraisers are privy to a lot of information, and like an attorney, can only discuss many of these matters with their client. As a homeowner, if you would like to obtain a copy of an appraisal report, you normally should request it through your lender and not the appraiser.

Other responsibilities include accurate sums appropriate to the parameters of the assignment, acquiring and maintaining an appropriate level of competency and education, and naturally, the appraiser must bear a professional demeanor. Maintaining high ethics and client confidentiality is standard operating procedure for us at Allen Appraisal & Consulting, Inc..

Appraisers will sometimes be obligated to consider the interests of third parties, such as homeowners, buyers and sellers, or others. Generally the third parties are clearly defined in the appraisal report. An appraiser's fiduciary duty is only to those parties who the appraiser is aware of, based on the scope of work or other things in the framework of the assignment.


	Allen Appraisal & Consulting, Inc. has an established track record for performing appraisals with the highest of ethics. To learn more, contact us.

There are also ethical rules that have nothing to do with clients and others. For example, appraisers must store their work files for at least five years - something else Allen Appraisal & Consulting, Inc. diligently adheres to.

Allen Appraisal & Consulting, Inc. holds itself to the industry standards and mandates set in place for professional behavior. We can't accept anything less from ourselves. Accepting orders based on contingency fees is not something we can consider. That means 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 paycheck is unethical! We just don't do it.

Finally, the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (or simply "USPAP") clearly defines 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 follow these rules to the letter which means you can rest easy knowing we are working hard to objectively determine the home or property value.

As soon as you engage Allen Appraisal & Consulting, Inc., we'll make sure you're getting the professional service you expect along with the high ethical standards we're known for.