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Let’s say you have seen the home you and your family see fit to grow old in. The neighborhood is amazing, the people are awesome, and the asking price was ideal. Now as with the average property real estate investors in this situation you begin doing minor improvements to your home. A little paint on the walls, maybe some wallpaper, new marble in this room, corian in that room, a ceiling fan here a fixture there. At last you are satisfied with your now changed home. Time passes you by and you choose that you would like to refinance for one reason or another. Let’s assume you realized you could receive a lower interest rate.You inform your loan officer about all the improvements in your home and how awesome it looks, yadda yadda yadda. Your loan officer tells you about how much value you must have in your property and because of your low loan-to-value ratio they might be able to let you cash-out some amount of that home equity. No matter whether you attempt to cash-out equity, your issue begins when the loan officer goes to get an appraisal. The real estate appraiser comes out and looks over your home and returns to the office to make his report. After analyzing the data he see that there is a issue, your home is great . . . Much TOO great for your location. Your home has become what appraisers would call “Functionally Obsolescent Due to Super-Adequacy”. What this really means is that the changes you have done to your home are much higher than the homes in your area so now you investment is in the negative. No residences in your neighborhood have sold anywhere close to what your home SHOULD be worth and lacking comparable sales documents to prove your property’s value you’re stuck. An appraiser is not going to be able to place a value to your home any higher than the highest sale price in the neighborhood. This might not be terrible for some, but for investors looking to cash out or with low LTVs this might be a real deal breaker. If you are concerned regarding this then you might consider hiring an real estate appraiser or real estate agent to supply you a consult. Pick a professional that is knowledgeable about your subdivision because they will know more than anyone how much homes are being purchased for and what quality these homes are. Look through your subdivision and search for signs in the front of houses. If you start to take note of a repeated name then that is a good call for a contact. An real estate appraiser can go even more in depth and give you a ”subject to” selling price based on the renovations you are considering doing to your home. This will be tremendously helpful if you have purchased a estate as an investment. The point here is to always know your market area which is usually defined as your immediate and surrounding neighborhood and subdivisions up to 1 mile away. Be aware of what residences sale for and the type of construction quality or amenities they posses prior to starting big time renovations. If you must be Mr. and Mrs. Jones and over do it then be well aware of the law of diminishing returns.
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Working in both Dallas and Houston TX, Chandler Smith is an established real estate whiz. He operates Houston Home Realtor as well as Austin Real Estate Appraisal ©
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