Appraiser Tom Horn: Birmingham Prices Down, But May Be Recovering
If Sellers sometimes have an unrealistic idea of what a Buyer is willing to pay, Tom Horn brings them back to reality.
Tom is an appraiser in the Birmingham and Shelby Co. area, and owns appraisal-source.com, a company Lenders and homeowners trying to sell on their own rely upon for accurate residential market appraisals.
Colleen and I caught up with Tom and got his analysis of what’s happening with home values in the Shelby Co. and Birmingham areas. We found out pretty quickly that talking with Tom is very interesting!
From everything we learned about home price trends in the area, as well as the negative effects on home sales prices caused by government-mandated changes in the way appraisers are selected, we knew we needed Tom to share his expertise with us.
We’ve divided our interview with Tom into two segments. Click the players just below to listen to Parts 1 and 2.
Tom Horn Interview Part 1:
Tom Horn Interview Part 2:
…or, if you’d like to listen by downloading to your portable device:
Click here to download Part 1 (10 Mb).
Click here to download Part 2 (7 Mb).
Links to Thomas Horn’s websites:
Click for Appraisal-source website
Click for Tom’s Appraisal Blog
We hope you enjoy … and thanks, Tom, for the great information!
David Black
Posted on March 7, 2010, in Podcasts, Real Estate and tagged alabama, alabaster, appraisal-source.com, appraiser, birmingham, birminghamappraisalblog, buyer's market, colleen black, david black, Economy, homes for sale, keller williams realty, Real Estate, real estate agent, realtor, shelby county, thomas horn, tom horn. Bookmark the permalink. 2 Comments.
David,
Thanks for the opportunity to discuss current news in the real estate market. Look forward to speaking with you more in the future.
Tom,
We really enjoyed having the chance to talk with you. I think that, for Buyers, Sellers and other Agents, as well, your information is quite helpful.
Colleen and I found talking with you to be very enlightening, and I think others who listen to the interviews will agree.
Let’s do this again soon.
Thanks again.
David Black