Tag Archives: Appraiser and Homeowner Gap

Homeowners and appraisers are inching closer to seeing eye to eye in terms of home value opinions. Quicken Loans’ national Home Price Perception Index found that the average appraisal in November was 1.87 percent lower than the value the homeowner expected.

Homeowners continued to overvalue their homes for the seventh consecutive month in August when compared with appraiser opinions. Quicken Loans reported in their Home Price Perception Index that homeowner estimates were 2.65 percent higher than appraiser opinions, the largest gap in over a year.