Dixon Appraisal Company, LLC provides honest and ethical appraisals for Dallas County

Dixon Appraisal Company, LLC upholds the utmost professional ethics

We consider what we do as a profession. The rigors of becoming a licensed appraiser have increased more than ever before. So it goes without question these days that real estate appraisal can unquestionably be dubbed a profession rather than a trade. In our field, as with any profession, we are bound by ethical considerations.

The appraiser's chief obligation is to their client. Normally, for a typical residential appraisal, the lender (or an agent of the lender) places the order to the appraiser, becoming the appraiser's client. It follows that appraisers have certain duties of privacy to their clients, plus many rules and regulations that must be followed. So, as a homeowner, if you desire a copy of an appraisal report, you normally should request it from your lender and not the appraiser.

Other responsibilities include numerical accuracy depending on the assignment's nature, attaining and keeping a respectable level of competency and education, and naturally, the appraiser must bear a professional demeanor. Here at Dixon Appraisal Company, LLC, we take these ethical responsibilities very to heart.

In some cases appraisers will have fiduciary responsibilities to third parties, such as homeowners, sellers and buyers, or others. Generally the third parties are explicitly defined in the appraisal report. An appraiser's fiduciary duty is limited to those parties who the appraiser knows, based on the scope of work or other written parameters of the order.


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There are also ethical rules that have nothing to do with whom we share information. For example, appraisers must be able to produce their work files for a minimum of five years - at Dixon Appraisal Company, LLC you can rest assured that we adhere to that rule.

We only perform to the highest ethical standards possible. Doing orders where our fee is dependent on our value conclusion is never an option. That is, we don't agree to do an appraisal report and collect payment on the contingency of the loan closing. There's certainly a conflict of interest if an appraiser can report a larger value and then get paid more money! We just don't do it.

Finally, the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (or simply "USPAP") clearly describes a violation in ethics as the acceptance of an assignment that is contingent on "the reporting of a pre-determined result (e.g., opinion of value)", "a direction in assignment results that favors the cause of the client", or "the amount of a value opinion" as well as other situations. We diligently follow these rules to the letter which means you can rest easy knowing we are going above and beyond to provide an unbiased determination of the home or property value.

When you engage Dixon Appraisal Company, LLC, we'll make sure you're getting the professional service you expect along with the honesty and integrity we're known for.