Listing at the right price is crucial and a professional appraisal from West Appraisals will ensure you get it right.

If you're planning on selling your home soon, an appraisal is a must. An appraisal doesn't cost that much and it pays you in the long run! Unless the homeowner makes a career out of studying real estate values, like an appraiser, it's practically impossible for them to understand their local real estate market.

While important, an appraisal is not about how much you have invested in your home, or the amount you need to get for it. Instead, a appraisal provides a professional opinion on the true market value of your home.

Contact us for details regarding our specialized services for home sellers.

Appraisals are valuable tools for families selling without an agent

More and more AR homeowners are choosing to sell their homes FSBO (For Sale By Owner) and foregoing the help of a real estate agent. But to do it right, with minimal waiting and to get the most you can, you need a expert appraiser. The best thing to have is objective opinions, and we understand that it can be very difficult to take an objective look at 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.

Not only can getting a professional appraisal help you set a astute selling price so your home will attract buyers, a professional appraisal can:

  • Allow you to have the edge while negotiating while speaking with a potential buyer
  • Put buyers at ease with written proof of the condition of your home's interior and exterior
  • Alert you of issues and get rid of any last-minute repair hassles that might delay a closing
  • Help lower the possibility of unknown problems that cause sales to flop

Folks are sometimes surprised when they find out that the value of their home is much more than they thought. So by taking the first step and investing in a professional appraisal provided the data to support a sale for thousands more than they could have gotten originally. Others have an an exaggerated opinion of their home's value, by getting an appraisal it helped them to to realistically price their home allowing them to quickly sell it instead of sitting on the market for months. Selling too high rarely attracts buyers, reducing your offers, making closing more difficult, wasting valuable time, money, and efforts.

Get a professional value opinion before listing

You might have a very skillful agent but it's definitely a good idea to get an objective third-party's opinion of your home's value to signing a listing agreement. West Appraisals can help. An appraisal can be extremely helpful in this scenario. You and agent will get a comprehensive description of your property and its features and give you insight into the health of the local real estate market with a record of recent comparable properties in the area.

A resource for for local real estate knowledge

Not sure if you need a full appraisal but are looking for information about how the real estate market is doing in your area? If you feel like you don't need an "appraisal" but you need assistance gathering local sales and property data. We offer services tailored for the needs of customers like you to assist with your real estate decisions.

This is a little bit of what you can expect when you order an appraisal through ....

  • We take great pride in making sure that when you send your initial inquiry, you get a response ASAP: We personalize information to the needs of our customers Just explain your situation and provide suggestions.
  • Fast turnaround time: Normally one week or less from the date we receive the request, you'll have a copy, in PDF of the report in your e-mail inbox.
  • Consulting and Appraisal report arrangements to suit YOUR needs: We've done lots of assignments, and we know that whether it's real estateconsulting and appraising it's naive to think there's a typical or standard, "boiler place" report. We offer a variety of types of reports, and are experts at providing appraisals to consumers that keep the industry jargon to a minimum so that you don't have to be qualified loan officer to read it.
  • Any follow up questions? You can expect a prompt follow-up from West Appraisals: When we create reports, we make sure they are written in plain English, simple to understand, and adhere to the Uniform Standards of Professional Practice that regulates the appraisal practice. Should you have any questions dealing your appraisal, once you've read through the report, feel free to give us a call or email us!