Birmingham, AL real estate appraiser Tom Horn discusses four areas the appraiser will not include in your homes square footage. Find out why all areas are not equal.| Birmingham Appraisal Blog
Birmingham, AL real estate appraiser Tom Horn discusses the benefits of sellers having a floor plan sketch done on the house they are selling.| Birmingham Appraisal Blog
Appraiser Tom Horn explains how Birmingham, AL real estate agents can learn how to properly measure a house to get accurate square footage.| Birmingham Appraisal Blog
The Birmingham Alabama Multiple Listing Service recently introduced an option allowing agents to list the gross living area (GLA) of their listings. This is a great feature that will help both Realtors and real estate appraisers. Realtors can now let potential buyers know how much living area the home they are looking at has. This […]| Birmingham Appraisal Blog
A few days ago I had a real estate agent friend ask me how much homes were appraising for per square foot in a local neighborhood. It was a very good question, especially for anyone who wants to get an idea of their home’s value. And because I get asked this question a lot I […]| Birmingham Appraisal Blog
You may wonder how you could put more money in your pocket just by getting your home measured. Well, I’m going to explain to you two ways that this could happen. The first situation occurs when you put your home on the market for sale. One of the key areas of comparison an appraiser uses […]| Birmingham Appraisal Blog
I was recently asked by a real estate agent if a sunroom could be included in the gross living area of a home. The is the explanation I gave them.| Birmingham Appraisal Blog
Birmingham, AL real estate appraiser Tom Horn discusses how an appraisal can help sell a stale listing.| Birmingham Appraisal Blog
I was asked a question this week about what qualifies as “finished” basement area in a home. An agent was going to list a home and the basement area had some partitioned sheetrock walls in the basement. The homeowner wanted to count this as finished area, so the agent wanted to get clarification on how […]| Birmingham Appraisal Blog
The Birmingham, Alabama Multiple Listing Service (now known as the Greater Alabama MLS) is unique in that it is not a requirement to list the gross living area (square footage) of listings. In 2010 I wrote about the new option they offered to provide this information, however as of the current date I still do […]| Birmingham Appraisal Blog