One in five real estate contracts cancelled due to appraisal issues

"Low appraisals continue to be the concrete block tied around the ankles of a sinking real estate market that is already unstable due to epic unemployment, tight credit, decreasing values, rising foreclosures and the like. Because lenders must cap their loans at the value set by appraisers while sellers and buyer's disagree on how to make up the difference with an original deal price, cancellations happen."