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Spotlight on: JonAnthony Hartley
We’d like to welcome JonAnthony Hartley to the FWIWA team! The Myrtle Beach native is new to the appraisal industry, after earning his apprentice license a few months ago and starting here in early September 2023. He has a bright future here at FWIW! Here are a few more questions he answered for us, so…
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The New SC Property Tax Bill: What Homeowners Should Know
In light of the state’s new real property tax bill that just came out from the South Carolina Department of Revenue, we wanted to make sure homeowners are aware of their rights to appeal. To explain, everyone who owns real property in the state of South Carolina just received there 2023 tax bill, and, in…
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Myrtle Beach is Ranked the Fastest-Growing Place in the U.S.
Myrtle Beach has done it once again! For the third straight year, Myrtle Beach is ranked No. 1 by U.S. News & World Report as the fast-growing place in the country for 2023-2024. The list is based off “the net migration of each metro area, which is measured by the growth or decline of the…
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Q&A Spotlight on Audria Wagenknecht
We welcomed Audria Wagenknecht onto the For What It’s Worth Appraisals (FWIWA) team in April 2023, and we wanted you all to know more about her interesting background before she started with us and what she does outside the office via this little Q&A with Audria. Q: What is your exact title at FWIWA? A:…
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Making Informed Decisions: The Importance of Market Value Appraisals for Estates, Divorces, and Pre-Listings
In today’s volatile financial market, it is imperative to get an independent, neutral, unbiased real estate appraisal. This also applies to other important transactions in life, like estates and wills, divorces, and pre-listings. We have a clear understanding of the market value of properties, making our appraisals an objective assessment of a property’s worth based…
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Ready, Set, Grow!
We are so blessed to announce that business is so good, we’ve outgrown our current office and have officially began construction on a new, bigger office to improve our work environment. “The new office building will decrease employee distraction time and help us focus better on the work at hand by providing a healthy, clean,…
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How Interest Rates Affect Homebuying Power
You may not realize how much power interest rates hold over capital flow transactions, supply-and-demand, and homebuying. But does it ever! Which is why you should always have an appraisal to ensure your collateral purchase was correctly valued. When interest rates fluctuate, how does this trend affect the appraisal industry? For homebuyers, the power actually…