For honest and ethical appraisals, count on Curiel Appraisal Service

The appraiser's primary responsibility is to their client. More often than not, in residential practice, the lender (or an agent of the lender) places the order to the appraiser, becoming the appraiser's client. Consequently, appraisers are typically restricted to only disclosing their findings to their clients, so as a homeowner, if you would like to review an appraisal report, you normally should request it via your lender.

Other responsibilities include accurate figures appropriate to the nature of the assignment, reaching and keeping an appropriate level of competency and education, and naturally, the appraiser must bear a professional demeanor. Maintaining high ethics and client confidentiality is what we do every day at Curiel Appraisal Service.

In some cases appraisers will have fiduciary responsibilities to third parties, such as homeowners, both buyers and sellers, or others. Those third parties normally are spelled out in the appraisal assignment itself. An appraiser's fiduciary duty is restricted to those parties who the appraiser knows, based on the scope of work or other things in the framework of the assignment.

	Curiel Appraisal Service has an established reputation for providing appraisals with the highest of ethics. Contact us today to learn more.

Appraisers also have standards outside of boundaries of with whom we share information For example, appraisers must store their work files for at least five years - something else Curiel Appraisal Service makes a part of their standard routine.

We only perform to the highest ethical standards possible. Accepting orders based on contingency fees is not something we can consider. In other words, we can't agree to do an appraisal report and collect payment on the contingency of the loan closing. There's a definite conflict of interest if an appraiser can report a larger value with the reward of getting paid more money! This isn't how we operate.

Finally, the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice clearly 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 follow these rules to the letter which means you can be assured we are doing everything we can to objectively determine the home or property value.

When you request an appraisal from Curiel Appraisal Service, we'll make sure you're getting the professional service you deserve along with the business principles we're known for.