Appraisal services for home sellers - KIP Appraisal Service, LLC

Listing at the right price is crucial and a professional appraisal from Marbut Appraisal Service will ensure you get it right.

If you're planning on selling your home soon, a professional appraisal is absolutely necessary. An appraisal doesn't cost that much and it pays in the long run! Unless a homeowner makes a career out of studying real estate values, like a professional appraiser does, it's difficult for them to understand the nuances of real estate market forces.

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. Rather, an appraisal assesses how much your home will bring on the open market.

Need help setting a price when selling yourself?

An increasing amount of AL 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, quickly and for top dollar, you need a skilled appraiser. You need objective opinions, we're human too, we understand its difficult difficult 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.

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

Be a very useful bargaining tool when you find a potential buyer
Put buyers at ease with written proof of the condition of your home's interior and exterior
Call attention to any issues and get rid of any last-minute repair hassles that might delay a closing
Lower the chances of unidentified problems that cause sales to fall through

It can be surprising to people when they find out the value of their home is a great deal more than they thought. So spending a little on an appraisal allowed them to get several thousand more than they could have gotten originally. Alternatively, some people have an exaggerated impression when they put a value on their home, and an appraisal helped them to to realistically price their home allowing them to quickly sell it rather than sitting on the market for months. Selling too high will not attract buyers, which means no offers and no closing, which can waste your valuable time and drain your resources while getting nothing done

Pre-listing appraisals in Etowah County

Even if you have with the most experienced agent, it's in your best interest to have an objective third-party's opinion of your home's value to signing a listing agreement. And that's where Marbut Appraisal Service comes in. An appraisal can be indispensable in this scenario. It will give both you and your agent a complete description 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.

Consulting services for AL Sellers: Have a local expert at your disposal

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

This is a little bit of what to expect when you place an order for 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 let us know your situation and offer you suggestions.
Swift turnarounds for appraisals: Normally in a weeks time or less from the date we receive the request, we can have a copy, in PDF of the report in your e-mail inbox.
Consulting and Appraisal report formats to suit YOUR needs: When it comes to appraisal and consulting, "One size does NOT fit all." We offer a lot of different of types of reports, and have an abundance of experience at providing appraisals to clients that keep the industry jargon to a minimum so that you don't have to be qualified loan officer to read it.
Prompt reply to follow-up questions: When we write reports, we make sure they are written in plain English, easy to understand, and adhere to the Uniform Standards of Professional Practice that moderates the appraisal practice. Should you have any inquiries regarding your appraisal, once you've read the report, we encourage you to email or call us!