Comp photo new requirements

[mutigerfan]

So on a UAD 3.6 online workshop - I think I heard that comp photos of comparables are not required to be taken by the appraiser…? Is that correct ?
Sometimes in my rural area comp 1 may be 20-miles to the east of the subject and comp 2 will be 20-miles in the opposite direction- so if that true - that would save a heck of a lot of travel time .
Where is this in print so I can have it for my records ?
Please correct me if I am wrong.

 

[shrubberyvaluation]

So on a UAD 3.6 online workshop - I think I heard that comp photos of comparables are not required to be taken by the appraiser…? Is that correct ?
Sometimes in my rural area comp 1 may be 20-miles to the east of the subject and comp 2 will be 20-miles in the opposite direction- so if that true - that would save a heck of a lot of travel time .
Where is this in print so I can have it for my records ?
Please correct me if I am wrong.

Not required in 2.6 either, just have to view it from the street.

 

[CCAAMO]

it doesn't mean it won't be a client requirement

 

[DWiley]

So on a UAD 3.6 online workshop - I think I heard that comp photos of comparables are not required to be taken by the appraiser…? Is that correct ?
Sometimes in my rural area comp 1 may be 20-miles to the east of the subject and comp 2 will be 20-miles in the opposite direction- so if that true - that would save a heck of a lot of travel time .
Where is this in print so I can have it for my records ?
Please correct me if I am wrong.

Its not really a change in photo requirements; its a change in the required SOW.

In the certification for form 1004/70 the appraiser must certify that he/she complied with the stated SOW, which includes inspecting the comparables from at least the street.





That is not included in the 3.6 URAR.

 

[Bob Ipock]

USPAP does not mention or require any photos at all. A client can require any pictures that choose to require. Clients or lenders can require many things not mentioned in USPAP, or the pre-printed scope of work minimums. If I am going to drive by the comparables (as requires by the scope of work) I am damn sure going to take a photo while there.