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Re:The Bay Area’s tech boom in historical and social context by TheCoelacanth on Saturday July 07, 2018 @05:44PM (#17480777)
The appraiser's real job is to protect the bank's money by ensuring that the house is sufficiently valuable to serve as collateral for the loan you are taking out.
Re:The Bay Area’s tech boom in historical and social context by astura on Sunday July 08, 2018 @12:28PM (#17484591)
Right, exactly. And they use real data to make that justification.

We are saying the same thing.