you know what’s interesting about this,
is how consistent it is with other Obama edicts
just a couple years ago, the Obama administration issued a new regulation requiring housing appraisers to actually enter occupied homes .... something they seldom needed to do before in arriving at reasonable estimates of fair market value....
(indeed, just about the only times they ever needed to go inside an occupied residence was to verify major internal improvements .... in rare cases .... and such entries were often at the owners’ request in order to get the appraisals up to where the owners wanted them....again, this was for exceptional, expensive improvements that were not visible from the street)
at any event,
the Obama administration now requires appraisers to enter family homes... AND TAKE PICTURES OF ALL ROOMS...(contents and all obviously will get included in these pictures, some of which are actually Video movies now too)
Our local police were shocked at this. They said to NEVER let strangers in your home, and especially not if they are taking notes or pictures or video movies. The police say that this information is worth a lot more to burglars than the appraisal fee is to the guy who takes these pictures...
the police say that these pictures are a “veritable road map for burglars”... from good pictures the burglars can determine,
1. what you have that’s worth stealing
2. exactly where it is located (so they can snatch it quickly, they just bring their “shopping list” per the police, the list that they compile from examining the pictures of the inside of your home)
3. a skilled burglar can often also spot in advance what defensive measures or burglar alarm systems you may have
so now Obama has figured out yet another way to send his spies into private residences?
sounds very much like the 4th amendment is ker-put in Obama’
s “transformed Amerika”
“issued a new regulation requiring housing appraisers to actually enter occupied homes .... “
Do you have a link?
My Dad was a house appraiser for around 20 years. I went on maybe 400 of them with him. This was during the 1970s. He entered EVERY house he ever appraised.
Now if you are talking about county house appraisers setting the tax rate - that is a different discussion.
“the Obama administration now requires appraisers to enter family homes... AND TAKE PICTURES OF ALL ROOMS...(contents and all obviously will get included in these pictures, some of which are actually Video movies now too)”
FNMA requires interior appraisal inspection and interior photographs for any home where they buy the loan. The interior inspection requirement has been around since I bought my first house 25 years ago. The interior photo thing came about after the crash to keep appraisers somewhat honest.