I just saw this article on MSN Real Estate about lenders pushing value on appraisers. This is serious and a major problem in the Valley. The whole cash back fraud transactions which the Arizona Republic wrote about earlier this year was based on lenders and appraisers pushing the value. Here is my post on this topic from earlier this year.
Just a reminder! 🙂
By the way MSN Real Estate also has a pretty good article on how to select a good Realtor.