Appraisal services for home sellers - Preferred Property Appraisers

Listing at the right price is crucial and a professional appraisal from Preferred Property Appraisers will ensure you get it right.

If you're going to sell your home, you should seriously consider a professional appraisal. Don't think of a professional appraisal as costing money; it pays in the long run! Unless a homeowner makes a career out of studying real estate values, like an appraiser, it's difficult for them to understand the nuances of their local real estate market.

While important, an appraisal is not about how much you have invested in your home, or how much you want for it. Instead, the appraisal measures how much your home will bring on the open market.

Selling on your own?

An increasing amount of PA homeowners are choosing 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, quickly and for the best price, what you need is a expert appraiser. The best thing to have is objective opinions, 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 explain to you what you need to know, not just what you want to hear.

In addition to helping you set a realistic selling price so your home will attract buyers, a professional appraisal can:

Be a very valuable negotiating tool when you find a potential buyer
Put buyers at ease with written proof of the condition of your home inside and out
Make you aware of issues and eliminate last-minute repair hassles that might stall a closing
Prevent the chances of unidentified problems that cause sales to deteriorate

Folks are sometimes surprised when they find out that the value of their home is a great deal 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 inflated impression when they put a value on their home, by getting an appraisal it helped them to to realistically price their home allowing them to quickly sell it rather than gathering dust on the market for months. Selling too high rarely attracts buyers, which means no offers and no closing, which can waste your valuable time and drain your resources while getting nothing done

Get a professional value opinion before listing

You may have an extremely skilled agent but it's definitely a good idea to have an unbiased second opinion of your home's value to finalizing a listing agreement. And that's where Preferred Property Appraisers comes in. An appraisal can be indispensable in this scenario. You and agent will get a comprehensive breakdown of the unique features of your property and give you insight into the health of the local real estate market with a detailed analysis of the latest comparable properties in the area.

A resource for for local real estate knowledge

Not wanting to get an entire appraisal but still need some information about how the real estate market is doing in your area? If you feel like an appraisal is not necessary but you'd still like assistance gathering local property and sales data. We can help solve your real estate decisions with services especially tailored for clients with your real estate needs.

If your wondering what you can expect from when you order an appraisal just take a look....

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 let us know your situation and provide suggestions.
Fast turnaround time: Usually in a weeks time or less from the date the request is received, we can have a copy, in PDF of the report in your e-mail inbox.
Consulting and Appraisal report arrangements that suit YOUR needs: We've preformed quite a few of assignments, and we understand that in the business of real estateappraising it's naive to think there's a typical or standard, "generic" assignment. We offer a lot of different of report types, and are experts at providing appraisals to clients that keep the industry jargon to a minimum in an easy to read format without a lot of industry jargon.
Any follow up questions? You can expect a prompt follow-up from Preferred Property Appraisers: When we create reports, we make sure they are clearly written, comprehensible to people outside the real estate industry, and meet or exceed the Uniform Standards of Professional Practice that moderates the appraisal practice. If you have any confusion about your appraisal, after you've read through the report, feel free to give us a call or email us!