Appraisal services for home sellers - Montgomery Appraisals, LLC

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

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

While important, an appraisal is not about how much you've spent buying and improving your home, or how much you want to sell it for. Rather, a appraisal provides a professional opinion on how much your home will bring on the open market.

Selling yourself instead of using a real estate agent and need help with pricing?

An increasing amount of AL 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 for the best price, what you need is a skilled appraiser. You need objective opinions, and we understand that it can be very 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 to attract more potential buyers, a professional appraisal can:

Allow you to have the edge while negotiating while speaking with a potential buyer
Impress buyers with written proof of the condition of your home's interior and exterior
Make you aware of problems and get rid of any last-minute repair hassles that might stall a closing
Help lower the odds of hidden problems that cause sales to fall through

It can be surprising to people when they find out the value of their home is higher than they originally thought. So by taking the first step and investing in an appraisal allowed them to receive several thousand more than they thought they would get. Others have an an overestimated opinion of the value of their home, by getting an appraisal it gave then the assistance they needed in order to realistically price their home allowing them to quickly sell it instead of gathering dust on the market for months. Selling too high rarely attracts buyers, which means no offers and no closing, wasting valuable time, money, and efforts.

We also help agents price homes in Montgomery County

You might have a very skillful agent but it's definitely a good idea to get an unbiased second opinion of value prior to signing a listing agreement. And that's where Montgomery Appraisals, LLC comes in. An appraisal can be invaluable in a scenario like this. It will give both you and your agent a detailed breakdown for the unique features of your property and give you insight into the health of the local real estate market with a record of recent comparable properties in the area.

Sometimes it's useful to have a general resource for local real estate knowledge

Not wanting to get an entire appraisal but would like some information about the real estate market in your area? You might feel like an appraisal is not necessary but you need some help analyzing local property and sales data. We can be a resource for your real estate decisions with services especially tailored for clients with your real estate needs.

Here's what you can expect when you order an appraisal through ....

We pride ourselves on making sure that when you send your initial inquiry, you get a prompt response: We tailor information to the needs of our clients We'll be delighted to offer suggestions, just let us know what your situation is
Quick turnarounds for appraisals: Usually one week or less from the date we receive the request, you'll have a PDF of the report in your e-mail inbox.
Appraisal and consulting report arrangements to suit YOUR needs: When dealing with appraisal and consulting, "One size does NOT fit all." We provide a variety of types of reports, and have an abundance of experience at providing appraisals to consumers sans the so that you don't have to be qualified loan officer to read it.
Quick to follow-up questions: 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 governs the appraisal practice. If you have any confusion dealing your appraisal, once you've read through the report, feel free to give us a call or email us!