Richard Hagar
Real Estate CommentatorRichard Hagar's real estate career spans more than 30 years. He currently serves as a real estate investor, real estate agent, appraiser, and an SRA with the Appraisal Institute.
His specialties are appraising, investing, and teaching. Each of these specialties has brought him knowledge about the other. Through investing he's been able to understand how fraudulent real estate transactions and loans happen. Appraising has taught him to be analytical in his investing and precise in reporting information. By teaching, he's been allowed to communicate with private corporations and government agencies helping them understand the anatomy of a fraudulent transaction and put some bad people out of business. Today he is the owner of American Home Appraisals.
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KPLU's John Maynard posed this question to Seattle-area real estate appraiser, Richard Hager: "If I sold a $2 million dollar house and paid the real…
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Is it true that there there's a bank vault out there full of cold, hard cash that's now available to people trying to refinance? That's what KPLU's John…
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When most of us talk about condos, we’re usually referring to buildings with apartment units that are individually owned. But as real estate appraiser…
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KPLU's John Maynard bought a condo in 2007 – at the height of the market. He took out an adjustable-rate mortgage that's "adjusting" in June.That's turned…
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It's a drawn out, frustrating process, but if you're willing to put in the time, buying a home from a bank can save you a lot of money. Seattle-area real…
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Great deals on new homes can be found on the plains and near the planes.That's the word from Seattle-area real estate appraiser Richard Hagar. New…
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Back in the early 1960's, a string of motels along Seattle's Aurora Avenue North sprang up to accommodate tourists pouring into town to visit the Seattle…
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The good news is that some sellers in the current real estate market are getting multiple offers on their property but buyers are being much more choosy…
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Is the active street life in places such as Tokyo and Barcelona due, in part, to the fact that many people there live in very small apartments? When your…
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It's that time of year again when KPLU's John Maynard and real estate appraiser Richard Hagar look at the least expensive and the most expensive homes on…