George Hatch has developed a build of the 1004MC form in Excel that he's making available for download to anyone who wants to use it.  Download 1004MC   He figured, in these tough economic times, there might be a few appraisers that could use a tool like this in lieu of spending money to update or change their appraisal software.

George says, "This is a pretty basic version, but I have built the math functions into the grids. Several people have already downloaded it and worked with it a little and so far everything looks to be functional"

There are a couple appraisers who have already figured out how to export data dumps from their MLS systems and how to use the spreadsheet functions in Excel to automatically sort and analyze the data and populate the grid in the form.

If George can get ahold of one of those setups or otherwise figure how to do it himself, he'll be updating this form at some point in the future. Hopefully a little automation will eventually smooth the way for those people who choose to take advantage of it.

The download is a freebie, and is available at the email address listed at the top of the attached pdf. http://box.net/shared/3nx558czgn or Download 1004MC   Click here for a pdf preview: Download 1004MC

Now for the legal stuff:

Note: Password to unprotect the form portion of this page is "123"

This Excel file was built as a freeware application, but the user assumes all responsibility for content and use. Please check the contents of the form itself and the functionality of this Excel file before you use it.

Fannie/Freddie do not allow modifications to content of the form itself. Users of this Excel file are welcome to otherwise modify it to suit their own needs, but if/when you do, please don't attribute the modified version to me.

Version date is 01/14/2009; if you find errors or suggested modifications, please send them to me at ghatch760@gmail.com