Uniform Relocation Act (URA) Compliant Appraisals
Federal Appraisal regularly performs appraisals that comply with the Uniform Relocation Act appraisal standards. URA compliant reports regularly also comply with Yellowbook standards, and Federal Appraisal routinely performs appraisals that comply with Yellowbook standards.
The Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Act (URA), is a federal law that establishes minimum standards for federally funded programs and projects that require the acquisition of real property (real estate) or displace persons from their homes, businesses, or farms. The URA's protections and assistance apply to the acquisition, rehabilitation, or demolition of real property for federal or federally funded projects.
The URA’s objectives are listed as follows:
To provide uniform, fair and equitable treatment of persons whose real property is acquired or who are displaced in connection with federally funded projects
To ensure relocation assistance is provided to displaced persons to lessen the emotional and financial impact of displacement
To ensure that no individual or family is displaced unless decent, safe, and sanitary (DSS) housing is available within the displaced person's financial means
To help improve the housing conditions of displaced persons living in substandard housing
To encourage and expedite acquisition by agreement and without coercion
Agencies conducting a program or project under the URA must carry out their legal responsibilities to affected property owners and displaced persons. Agencies should plan accordingly to ensure that adequate time, funding, and staffing are available to carry out their responsibilities.
Some of those responsibilities for Real Property Acquisition include:
Appraise property before negotiations
Invite the property owner to accompany the appraiser during the property inspection
Provide the owner with a written offer of just compensation and a summary of what is being acquired
Pay for property before possession
Reimburse expenses resulting from the transfer of title such as recording fees, prepaid real estate taxes, or other expenses
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Appraisal of Single-family Homes, Condominiums, Cooperatives
Federal Appraisal has been appraising Single-family Homes, Two to Four Family Housing, Condominiums, and Cooperatives for 36 years. From estates to townhomes, suburban homes to condos and coops, properties amid blight and urban renewal to urban, suburban, and rural housing, Federal Appraisal, LLC appraises housing. We appraise for the financing, feasibility, development, and construction through all aspects of operations, and then divestment, re-positioning, redevelopment, and sometimes bankruptcy.
Since we specialize in complex appraisal issues, many of our residential assignments involve estates, gift taxes, condemnation, disputes, and litigation.
As a national appraisal company, we have appraised homes in many of the major markets in the United States. We specialize in portfolio valuations, and appraisals for accounting, tax, and legal purposes for all types of housing including but not limited to:
single-family to four family housing
luxury rental, condo, or coops in CBDs
Duplexes to townhouses
feasibility, planning, zoning, financing, market studies
HUD rent studies (RCSs)
Subdivisions, single-family homes, townhouses, and/or planned developments
Our clients utilize our appraisals and advice for numerous purposes, including:
financing, development, feasibility, marketing
investing due diligence; equity and debt
tax management; property taxes, income taxes, sales, and transfer taxes
gift and estate planning
litigation
tax and investor reporting, IRS, depreciation, cost segregation, purchase price allocation, ASC 805
acquisition or disposition due diligence
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Hotels, Resorts, Casinos, Restaurants, and Hospitality Properties
Appraising hospitality assets requires many special appraisal skills. There is a great variety of hospitality assets. These assets include a combination of business intangibles, personal property and real property. Federal Appraisal is specifically qualified with its unusual mix of cross appraisal disciplines. Federal Appraisal has business, real and personal property appraisal experts. We have designated business and personal property appraisers, and we have designated and state certified (licensed) real property appraisers, all with years of experience working on hospitality.
We appraise:
hotels (all types)
restaurant (all types)
casinos
resorts
Our appraisals are utilized for:
development, feasibility or market studies
financing
tax and investor reporting, IRS, depreciation, cost segregation, purchase price allocation, ASC 805
property tax assessment and appeals
gift and estate tax acquisition or disposition due diligence
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