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 Fixed3.79%3.91%
15-yr Fixed3.04%3.2%
1-yr Adj2.78%3.45%
* national averages



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'I have an airplane hangar in my front yard'
5/18/2012 8:50 AM
Like so many Americans across the nation, Julie Clark commutes to work. But she doesn't drive, walk or even take a bus or train. Instead, she flies a plane....Read More
 
New York condo sells for a record $90M
5/18/2012 4:19 PM
An unnamed buyer paid more than $90 million for a Midtown Manhattan penthouse, the highest price ever paid for a New York apartment, according to the building's developer....Read More
 
Home buying at most affordable level in decades
5/17/2012 11:52 AM
Buying a home has reached its most affordable level in more than two decades....Read More
 
The Facebook effect on San Francisco real estate
5/17/2012 12:27 PM
The Basis Point is a popular mortgage and housing blog that tracks consumer critical issues and data. It is edited by Julian Hebron, a retail mortgage lender who runs the San Francisco branches of RPM Mortgage....Read More
 
Mortgage rates hit record low again
5/17/2012 11:09 AM
Buying a home just got even cheaper as interest rates on both 30-year and 15-year-fixed-rate mortgages set record lows for the third week in a row....Read More
 
Foreclosures fall to lowest level since 2007
5/17/2012 10:18 AM
Foreclosure filings in April fell for the third straight month to the lowest level since July 2007....Read More
 
BofA offering up to $30K for short sales
5/15/2012 5:37 PM
Bank of America is offering some struggling homeowners payments of up to $30,000 if they sell their homes in a short sale and avoid ending up in foreclosure....Read More
 
Mortgage delinquencies drop to 4-year low
5/16/2012 9:21 AM
The percentage of borrowers who have dropped behind on their mortgage payments fell to a four-year low in the first three months of 2012, a bankers' group said Wednesday....Read More
 
Housing: The one bailout America could really use
1/17/2012 6:20 PM
Laurie Goodman is an apolitical number cruncher who has spent most of her 28-year career out of the public view, studying the minutiae of mortgage-backed securities (MBS) for big investment banks. She's long been a star among Wall Street insiders, however. She holds the record for the most top rankings for fixed-in-come research from the trade bibl...Read More
 
George Lucas proposes affordable housing plan
5/16/2012 6:56 AM
The film emperor may be striking back. For 25 years, filmmaker George Lucas tried to persuade his Marin County, Calif., neighbors to let him build a digital production studio on his ranch there, but the area's residents thwarted the plan....Read More





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