New Assignment, Prior Property

Hi Henry, 

You do a fantastic job and are THE SOURCE for appraisal questions and dilemmas. I have one of those dilemmas now!
 
I have a client who is asking me to take a new assignment on an appraisal that is over a year old and that I did for another lender. Obviously, the new client wants their name on the appraisal, but they do not want a current value. May I take the new assignment? 

Thanks in advance,
Mary Buckman, SRA
Green Bay, WI  
maryb@vogelsbuckman.com

Dear Mary,

Thanks for the kind words.  

The effective date of the appraisal is determined at the scope of work dialogue between the appraiser and the client. Many appraisals are made with an effective date at some time in the past. Whatever the effective date of the appraisal is, that becomes the date that you use for the condition of the property and the market at that time. The only USPAP restriction is that you cannot use any confidential information you received from the original client without their permission.

HSH
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