Broker Price Opinion (BPO)
Broker Price Opinion or BPO as it’s known in the industry is a condensed version of a Real Estate Appraisal that banks order from a local Realtor to determine that value of your home. However, since there are no standardized information on each BPO and every bank has their own criteria to determine Value; it’s smart to understand what is contained in this report and how it’s developed.
Brokers are required by the banks to find at least 3 matching Sold comps and 3 matching Listings that are:
Proximity: All the comps have to be within 1 mile radius of your home. If there are no comps found in this range, they are required to expand the search up to 2 miles and make necessary adjustments due to school district and other criteria that would define the new boundary.
Age: The comps have to be within 5 years of your home. If your home is built 10 years ago, the ALL of the 6 comps have to be within 5-15 years of age.
Size: The comps have to be within 300 sqft of your home’s size and adjusted accordingly. If your home is a 3,000 sqft newly built home; a comp with 2,500 sqft of living space can not be used to determine it’s value.
Lot Size: Less important that the initial 3 criteria sited; but a home on a 2 acre lot can NOT be used as a comp for a home with 8,000 sqft lot!
Floor Plan: Total number of rooms and the ratio between Bedrooms and Bathrooms have to be comparable to your home. But ironically most banks won’t allow more that $1,000 to be used in adjustment for one extra bedroom and $500 for a bathroom which is absurd; but that’ s a topic for a different blog.
Amenities: This criteria includes a wide ranges of items such a Wine Cellar, Pool, Solar Panel,….etc and varies with each bank on how much value they would allocate in the BPO report.
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