Banyan Appraisal is a Florida based residential real estate appraisal company that is owned and operated by Jim Bartlett.  We employ FHA approved certified residential appraisers who reside and provide property valuations in Sarasota, Manatee, Charlotte, Lee and DeSoto counties.  At Banyan Appraisal we ensure that our appraisers have a comprehensive and thorough working knowledge and appreciation of those residential areas to best meet your needs. 

We provide accurate and timely valuations for:

  • Single Family Homes
  • Duplex, Triplex, Quadraplex units
  • Manufactured Homes
  • Reverse Mortgages
  • FHA Appraisals
  • Condominiums 
  • Vacant Residential Sites
  • Divorce Settlement
  • Estate Valuations
  • REO Properties
  • Relocation Appraisals
  • Pre-Listing Appraisals
  • Private Mortgage Insurance Removal

At Banyan Appraisal our commitment to you is exceptional customer-friendly service, professional abilities and skills along with a rapid turnaround time within forty-eight hours of the confirmed appointment. This affords you the peace of mind and expertise you need and deserve, no matter the transaction.

By offering online appraisal ordering, coupled with automatic report status updates and electronic delivery of the final product, we are able to eliminate the run around and phone tag hassles sometimes associated with the appraisal process.  You are also more than welcome to call in or fax your order to us.  Whatever you're most comfortable doing.  Either way we promise ongoing communication regarding the appraisal's progress or issues that may develop. 

Through this web site, you can perform a number of tasks. Ordering an appraisal is just a click of a button away. Or, spend some time and find out a bit more about the appraisal business. The more you know, the better decision you can make. And check back frequently, as our content is always being updated.

Below you'll find numerous feeds to recent articles relating to the current real estate market . 


Today's Rates:

Mtg Loan    Rate  APR
30-yr Fixed4.54%4.69%
15-yr Fixed4%4.21%
1-yr Adj3.64%4.52%
* national averages



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Bulls tiptoe into homebuilder stocks
7/30/2010 1:18 PM
It takes a lot of courage to be a bull on homebuilder stocks these days. They exist, for sure. And they aren't on mind-bending drugs. In fact, they see the world much as the housing stock bears do. You won't find any uplifting messages in their reports on the economy and housing....Read More
 
Foreclosures climb in 75% of metro areas
7/29/2010 2:34 AM
Foreclosure filings climbed in 75% of the nation's metro areas during the first half of 2010, according to a report issued Thursday....Read More
 
For sale: Dennis Hopper's compound
7/28/2010 11:28 AM
The "Easy Rider" left us earlier this year. Now his stunning Venice, Calif., compound is on the market - for $6.25 million....Read More
 
Rise of the renting class
7/29/2010 10:36 AM
Modern America has long paired the "America Dream" with home ownership. The idea of staying put, paying property taxes and periodically mowing the lawn belonged to citizens who were somehow more American than the poor saps who could only afford to rent the place they called home....Read More
 
America's most overvalued cities
1/27/2010 6:56 AM
Don't say we didn't warn you....Read More
 
Foreclosures: How bad is your state?
3/5/2009 11:34 AM
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Housing: Wall Street 1; Cleveland 0
7/28/2010 9:28 AM
The City of Cleveland's long-standing battle to pin its housing woes on Wall Street may have finally gone bust....Read More
 
Advice for the reluctant landlord
7/28/2010 4:31 AM
With plans to start a family, Michael and Becky McCullough, 33 and 31, wanted more space. So last year they snapped up a four-bedroom foreclosure in Brookhaven, Ga., for $480,000....Read More
 
Home ownership falls to lowest level in 11 years
7/27/2010 4:09 PM
The number of Americans who own homes fell in the second quarter of the year to the lowest level since 1999, said a government survey released Tuesday....Read More
 
Home prices show stability after modest gain
7/27/2010 9:30 AM
Home prices rose slightly in May compared with a month earlier, appearing to have stablized at the lower levels that followed the end of the residential real estate bubble, according to the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index of 20 major housing markets released Tuesday....Read More





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