Need a pre-listing appraisal? Contact Willamette Valley Appraisal Professionals

Avoid having your home on the market too long or selling yourself short by getting an appraisal to demonstrate the right listing price.

A lot of sellers are shocked when they find out that the market value of their home is more than they estimated, so investing in a professional appraisal actually allowed these sellers to receive several thousand more dollars than they thought they would when their home was sold. There are also plenty of sellers who think their home is worth a lot more than it really is, and an appraisal helped them to realistically price their home in order for it to sell. Overpriced homes don't attract serious buyers, which means no offers and no closing and that you have wasted valuable time, money, and efforts. Every month your home sits on the market is another month you have to pay its mortgage. All the while you're stuck paying the mortgage while your house is sitting still on the market.

With today's ever-changing market conditions, you should definitely hire a licensed appraiser to get a skillful listing price for your home.

Working with an agent to sell your house? More than likely, you can expect them to provide you with a comparative market analysis (or a CMA) that includes similar houses for sale in your town. It's a good starting point in deciding your home's listing price. If you're going to maximize your profit and minimize the home's time on the market, this is a crucial step.

Even if you've hired the most experienced agent, it's in your best interest to also have a third-party's objective opinion of value prior to signing a Listing Agreement.

That's where we come in! We can do a pre-listing appraisal so you and your agent have a detailed analysis of the most recent and similar comparable sales and an accurate description of your house's features.

In addition to helping you set a realistic price to sell so your home will attract buyers. An efficient appraisal from Willamette Valley Appraisal Professionals can:

Provide tips to help you negotiate once you have a potential buyer
Impress potential buyers with written proof of your house's state inside and out
Eliminate repair hassles at the eleventh hour and make you aware of problems that might delay a closing
Reduce chances of unknown predicaments that can cause your sale to crumble
Do away with waiting for the buyer's appraisal to have assurance the deal will close.

Upgrades that improve your home's value

Willamette Valley Appraisal Professionals can help you answer the many important questions to ask yourself before listing your property. You should ask yourself questions like "Should we paint the whole house before we sell it?", "Should I put in that third bathroom?", "Should I finish my kitchen remodel?" You may not realize it, but everything we do to our houses can affect their value. But everything will affect it in a different way. While a kitchen remodel may improve your home's appeal, it may not add nearly enough to the value to justify the expenses.

Willamette Valley Appraisal Professionals can help you with these decisions. Appraisers have no vested interest in your final selling price, like a real estate agent do. Our appraisal fees are based on efforts to complete the report, and not a percentage of your home's sale price. An appraisal fee from Willamette Valley Appraisal Professionals is based on our efforts to finalize the report, and are not a percentage of your home's sale price. Our fees are not a percentage of the sales price — your fee to us is based on efforts to complete your report. So please consider ordering an appraisal from Willamette Valley Appraisal Professionals. When it comes to investing in your house and settling on a fair price to sell at, we'll help homeowners like you make the sharpest decisions.