Putting a house on the market in or near Los Angeles or Orange County? Contact Appraisal Care and make sure you're setting the price right.
If you're planning on putting your house on the market soon, an appraisal is a must. Don't think of an appraisal as purely an expense; it pays you in the long run! Unless a homeowner spends hours every week on real estate valuation, like a professional appraiser does, it's practically impossible for them to understand local real estate values.
We are not talking about how much you have invested in your home, or the amount you'd like to get for it. Instead, the appraisal measures how much your home will bring on the open market. After all, a home is only going to sell for what another person is offering to pay.
Contact us for details regarding the specific services for home sellers we offer.
For Sale By Owner?
An increasing amount of California homeowners are deciding to sell their homes FSBO (For Sale By Owner) and foregoing the assistance of a real estate agent. But if you're going to do it right, with minimal waiting and for top dollar, what you need is a professional appraisal. It can be very difficult to get an objective opinion, we're human too, we understand its difficult difficult to be objective about your own home because of your emotional attachment to it. We will tell you what you need to know, not just what you want to hear.
In addition to helping you set a realistic asking price so your home will attract buyers, a professional appraisal can:
Be a very beneficial bargaining tool once you have a potential buyer
Put buyers at ease with written proof of the interior and exterior condition of your home
Make you aware of issues and eliminate overlooked repairs hassles that might hold-up a closing
Prevent the possibility of unrevealed problems that cause sales to backslide
It can be surprising to people when they find out the value of their home is higher than they originally thought. So taking the first step and spending a little on an appraisal provided the data to support a sale for thousands more than they could have originally banked. Others have an an overestimated opinion of their home's value, and an appraisal gave them the assistance they needed in order to realistically price their home - allowing them to quickly sell it - rather than waiting on the market for months. Asking too much for a home will not attract buyers, which means no offers and no closing, wasting your valuable time and draining your resources while getting nothing done.
Pre-listing appraisals in Long Beach
You might have an extremely skilled agent, but it's in your best interest to have an objective third-party's opinion of value prior to signing a listing contract. Let Appraisal Care help. We can furnish you with a pre-listing appraisal that will let you and your agent have an accurate writeup of your home's characteristics and a detailed breakdown of the the latest and similar comparable sales which we typically refer to as "comps" in the appraisal industry.
Appraisal Care provides general consulting
If you feel like an appraisal is not necessary but you still want some help analyzing local sales and property data, we can help solve your real estate decisions with services especially tailored for customers with your real estate needs.
If you're curious what you can expect from Appraisal Care when ordering an appraisal just take a look....
We pride ourselves on making sure that when you send your initial inquiry, you get a response ASAP: We personalize information to the needs of our customers. We'll be delighted to offer suggestions - just let us know what your situation is.
Fast turnaround time: Normally one week or less from the date the request is received, we can have a PDF of the report ready to download.
Consulting and appraisal report presentations to suit YOUR needs: We've worked on many of assignments, and we've learned that when providing real estate consulting and appraising, there isn't a typical or standard "cookie cutter" report. We offer many different types of reports and have know how at providing appraisals to clients that keep the industry jargon to a minimum and in an easy to read format with consumers in mind.
Any follow up questions? You can expect a fast response from Appraisal Care: When we deliver a report to our clients, we make sure they are clearly written, comprehensible to people outside the real estate industry, and adhere to the Uniform Standards of Professional Practice that regulates the appraisal practice. If you have any confusion about your appraisal once you've read through the report, we encourage you to email or call us!
