Appraisal services for home sellers - Horewitz Valuation Services

Getting an appraisal from Horewitz Valuation Services before putting your Danville home on the market saves you time and money.

Selling your home? You would be wise to invest in an 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 fully grasp real estate market forces.

While important, an appraisal is not about the costs of purchasing and upgrading your home, or the amount you'd like to get for it. Rather, a appraisal provides a professional opinion on your home's market value.

Going to sell your home yourself?

Quite a few CA homeowners are deciding to sell their homes FSBO (For Sale By Owner) and foregoing the help of a real estate agent. But to do it right, quickly and for top dollar, what you need is a professional appraisal. The best thing to have is 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 inform you of what you need to know, not just what you want to hear.

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

Be a very valuable bargaining tool while speaking with 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 eliminate last-minute repair hassles that might delay a closing
Decrease the possibility of unknown problems that cause sales to deteriorate

It can be surprising to people to discover their home's value is quite a bit more than they thought. So by taking the first step and spending a little on an appraisal allowed them to get thousands more than they expected they would get. Others have an an inflated assessment when they put a value on their home, by getting an appraisal it helped them to to realistically price their home in order for it to sell quickly rather than waiting on the market for months. Selling too high rarely attracts buyers, which means no offers and no closing, wasting valuable time, money, and efforts.

Get a professional value opinion before listing

Even if you're working with a very skillful agent, it's in your best interest to get of value prior to signing a listing agreement. Let Horewitz Valuation Services help. An appraisal can be invaluable in this scenario. You and agent will get a comprehensive description of the unique features of your property which will give you insight into how the local real estate market is performing with a record of recent comparable properties in the area.

A resource for for local real estate knowledge

Have you decided against 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 still want some help collecting local property and sales data. We can be a resource for your real estate concerns with services especially tailored for consumers with your real estate needs.

This is a little bit of what you can expect when you place an order for an appraisal from us....

Prompt response to your initial inquiry: We will give you information tailored for your individual appraisal need. Just tell us your situation and provide suggestions.
Swift turnarounds on appraisals: Normally one week or less from the date the request is received, we can have a PDF of the report in your e-mail inbox.
Appraisal and consulting report arrangements to suit YOUR needs: We've done a lot of assignments, and we've learned that in the business of real estateconsulting and appraising there is no typical or standard, "generic" report. We offer a lot of different of types of reports, and have know how at providing appraisals to consumers that keep the industry jargon to a minimum in an easy to read format without a lot of industry jargon.
Prompt response to follow-up questions: When we create reports, 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 questions dealing your appraisal, once you've read the report, we suggest that you email or call us!