Author Archives: Tim Evanko

“After All These Years” by retired relocation appraiser Tom Fryer SCRP, SRA of Midland, MI

By: Tim Evanko | Published: March 28, 2012 | Categories: Appraiser profile

After All These Years After 33 years of relocation appraising, I have learned important lessons and a set of personal rules has evolved.  Certain ERC Guidelines have been laid down and must be adhered to; however, I have also established and pursued my own personal demands for overseeing each segment of the relocation appraisal process.  …
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Home Prices Down… Again

By: Tim Evanko | Published: December 27, 2011 | Categories: Industry trends, Property management

A recent CNN Money report indicates that home prices declined in October for the sixth straight month in 2011. Prices fell 1.2% compared with September and 3.4% a year ago according to the latest S&P/Case-Shiller 20–city index. Though recent reports on new home sales, existing home sales, and home building have been positive, this report puts a …
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Wichita Housing Market on a Slow Road to Recovery

By: Tim Evanko | Published: November 8, 2011 | Categories: Market report

A recent article in The Wichita Eagle discussed how the local housing market has experienced many challenges stemming from a high inventory of homes and a high unemployment rate. As with many cities all over the country, foreclosures continue to present a problem and have yet to be offset by the increasingly low mortgage rates. …
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October Appraisers of the Week

By: Tim Evanko | Published: November 2, 2011 | Categories: Appraiser profile

As part of our ongoing recognition of mortgage and relocation appraisers who deliver exceptional services to Dwellworks and our clients, our Operations and Supply Chain teams meet weekly to discuss our suppliers and nominate top performers for awards. Our team nominates suppliers based on their statistical performances in key service areas, the professionalism with which …
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September Appraisers of the Week

By: Tim Evanko | Published: October 13, 2011 | Categories: Appraiser profile

As part of our ongoing recognition of mortgage and relocation appraisers who deliver exceptional services to Dwellworks and our clients, we issued Dwellworks Team Awards in September to the following appraisers: Tom King of Bill King Co. Realtors in Cordova, TN Jon Powell of Jon Powell Appraisals in Slidell, LA Dolan Appraisal Co. in Saint Louis, …
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August Appraisers of the Week

By: Tim Evanko | Published: September 7, 2011 | Categories: Appraiser profile

As part of our ongoing recognition of mortgage and relocation appraisers who deliver exceptional services to Dwellworks and our clients, we issued Dwellworks Team Awards in August to the following appraisers: Huibin Lan of Fremont, CA Barry Barnhorn of Barnhorn Appraisal Services in Cincinnati, OH Naomi Estrada of NKE Appraisals in Antioch, CA Terry Wood of  …
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Sickest Housing Markets in America

By: Tim Evanko | Published: August 5, 2011 | Categories: Market report

A recent Yahoo! Finance article by Charles B. Stockdale, Douglas A. McIntyre and Michael B. Sauter discussed the issues that still continue to impact the nation’s housing market. The article illustrated how real estate markets differ from place to place and indicated that 18 of the 20 housing markets in the U.S. showed modest improvements …
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July Appraisers of the Week

By: Tim Evanko | Published: August 2, 2011 | Categories: Appraiser profile

As part of our ongoing recognition of mortgage and relocation appraisers who deliver exceptional services to Dwellworks and our clients, we issued Dwellworks Team Awards in July to the following appraisers: Annette Young of Columbus, OH Kevin Brown of Affiliated Appraisal Service in Medford, NJ First Class Appraisals of Las Vegas, NV Terry Fife of …
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June Appraisers of the Week

By: Tim Evanko | Published: July 13, 2011 | Categories: Appraiser profile

As part of our ongoing recognition of mortgage and relocation appraisers who deliver exceptional services to Dwellworks and our clients, we issued Dwellworks Team Awards in June to the following appraisers: Joe Trecola of TREA Corp in Detroit, Michigan Tom Weber of Associated Appraisal & Property Services in Laguna Niguel, CA Dan Swinney of Residential …
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Dwell On It: U.S. Geographic Risk Assessment

By: Tim Evanko | Published: June 28, 2011 | Categories: Market report

As we approach the midpoint of the year, 2011 has already supplied a historical level of storm and natural disaster activity. Assessing local geographic risk is a key component to managing real estate risk exposure as a part of a relocation program. To learn more, check out the US Geographic Risk Assessment….
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