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The term backdated appraisal is commonly used to describe an appraisal completed today that develops a value opinion as of an earlier date. In appraisal practice this is generally a retrospective appraisal: the report is prepared now, while the effective date of the value opinion is in the past.
The appraisal report itself is not falsely dated as though it had been written years earlier. The report has a current completion or report date and clearly identifies the prior effective date to which the value opinion applies. Keeping those dates separate is an important part of a retrospective assignment.
The property may be inspected today even though the appraisal concerns an earlier date. The appraiser must then distinguish current observations from the property characteristics and condition applicable to the historical effective date using available records and other relevant information.
Remodeling, additions, repairs, deterioration, accessory structures, changes in use, and other physical changes can complicate a backdated valuation. Improvements completed after the historical date should not automatically be treated as though they existed on that earlier date.
A backdated appraisal analyzes the market that existed on the stated effective date. Current prices cannot simply be applied backward. Historical comparable transactions and market conditions should be researched so the valuation reflects how buyers and sellers were behaving during the relevant period.
San Jose's many residential submarkets make local comparable selection especially important in a historical assignment. The appropriate evidence for a Willow Glen home may differ substantially from evidence for a North San Jose condominium, Evergreen tract residence, hillside home, or Silver Creek Valley property.
A prior-date valuation may be needed for Date of Death reporting, inherited property, estate administration, tax matters, trusts, litigation, financial documentation, or another circumstance in which the relevant property value is tied to an earlier date rather than today.
For probate, estate settlement, trust administration, IRS reporting, and stepped-up basis purposes in this area, see the main San Jose date of death appraisal page or the broader James Valdez appraisal service areas.
Backdated Appraisal and retrospective appraisals for probate, estate settlement, trusts, stepped-up basis, and IRS reporting.