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

Selling your home? You would be wise to invest in a professional appraisal. An appraisal doesn't cost that much and it's worth the money in the long run! Unless the homeowner spends hours every week on real estate valuation, like a professional appraiser does, it's hard for them to understand their local real estate market.

While important, an appraisal is not about how much you've spent buying and improving your home, or the amount you'd like to get for it. Instead, an appraisal assesses the true market value of your home.

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

Appraisals are valuable tools for families selling without an agent

Quite a few NE homeowners are choosing to sell their homes FSBO (For Sale By Owner) and foregoing the help of a real estate agent. But if you're going to do it right, with minimal waiting and to get the most you can, you need a expert appraiser. You need objective opinions, and we understand that it can be very hard to take an objective look at own home because of your emotional attachment to it. We will inform you of what you need to know, not just what you want to hear.

Not only will getting a professional appraisal help you set a realistic asking price to attract more potential buyers, a professional appraisal can:

  • Be a very helpful 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 get rid of any last-minute repair hassles that might stall a closing
  • Help lower the possibility of hidden problems that cause sales to flop

Folks are sometimes surprised when they find out their home's value is more than they originally believed. So by taking the first step and investing in an appraisal provided the data to support a sale for several thousand more than they could have gotten originally. Alternatively, some people have an exaggerated opinion when they put a value on their home, by getting an appraisal it helped them to to set a more reasonable price their home in order for it to sell quickly instead of gathering dust on the market for months. Selling too high rarely attracts buyers, reducing your offers, making closing more difficult, which can waste your valuable time and drain your resources while getting nothing done

Pre-listing appraisals in Norfolk

Even if you have with a very skilled agent, it's definitely a good idea to get an unbiased second opinion of value prior to signing a listing agreement. Hales and Associates can help. An appraisal can be extremely helpful in a scenario like this. 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 detailed analysis of recent comparable properties in the area.

Hales and Associates also offer general consulting

Don't need a full appraisal but still need some information about the health of your area's real estate? Maybe you feel like an appraisal is not necessary but you require assistance collecting local sales and property data. We offer services designed especially for customers like you to help with your real estate decisions.

This is a little bit of what to expect when you order an appraisal from ....

  • We take great pride in making sure that when you send your initial inquiry, you get a response ASAP: We will provide you with personalized information for your particular appraisal need. We'll be thrilled to offer suggestions, just tell us what your situation is
  • Quick turnaround time: Normally one week or less from the date the request is received, you'll have a 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've learned that when providing real estateappraising there is no typical or standard, "generic" assignment. We offer a lot of different of types of reports, and have a lot of experience at providing appraisals to clients without a lot of industry jargon in an easy to read format without a lot of industry jargon.
  • Quick response to follow-up questions: When we write reports, we make sure they are written in plain English, simple to understand, and meet or exceed the Uniform Standards of Professional Practice that moderates the appraisal practice. Should you have any confusion dealing your appraisal, after you've read through the report, feel free to give us a call or email us!