Contesting an appraisal

Collect data that supports your value and the appraiser will look at it. Residential appraisers are notorious for half assing values but they usually push value when they can.

Shouldn't there be a contract at the courthouse that has to be filed? This is just a guess.

The courthouse will have purchase price in records

Yes it does affect my closing cost. I guess it's time to go to the courthouse. Next question for those in Jefferson parish. Would these records be at the Gretna courthouse? What department do I need to go to?

Great, thanks for the info!

Same thing happened to me. I contacted my realtor and had her send me over all the homes sold in my neighborhood in last six months. He used only one of them. I live in Webb Park/ Hundred Oaks area of BR and he's giving me comps from Pollard Estates when there were actual sales in my own neighborhood (with better price per Sqtf.) A few emails and all of a sudden I had a higher appraisal. Glad I was able to help him do his job a little better. That same exact scenario happened to me twice, once on a refinance and once on a purchase. Both times got a better appraisal after getting a realtor to give me better comps. That's when I gave up on appraisals. Not worth the price of paper they're written on in my experiences.

The cost to build is $130sq/ft. Appraiser quoted house at $190sq/ft. Houses in the immediate area sold for between $205 and $217sq/ft. Seems to me the appraiser went on Zillow.com and just pulled houses. Problem is all new builds in my area are private owners so they did not hit the market. I am going to the clerk of courts tomorrow with my own lists of new builds to research.