Pre-Listing Appraisal
Working
with a real estate agent to list your home? More than likely, they’ll provide
you with a Comparative Market Analysis (or a CMA) that includes selected
sale homes in your area. It is a customary starting point when deciding your
home’s listing price. If you’re going to minimize your home’s time on the
market and maximize your profit, this is a vital step. But even if you have
hired the most experienced real estate agent, it’s definitely in your best
interest to have a third-party’s objective opinion of value prior to signing a
Listing Agreement.
And that’s where Cal Pacific Appraisal Company can help you. We can perform a pre-listing appraisal so you and your real estate agent have an accurate description of your home’s features and a detailed analysis of the most recent and similar comparable sales or “comps.” An appraisal from our firm can help you decide on a realistic selling price so your house will appeal to buyers, and we’ll also:
A lot of sellers are shocked when they find out that the market value of their house is much more than they had planned, so investing in an appraisal from us can actually allowed these sellers to receive several thousand more dollars than they thought they would when their home was sold. Others have an over-inflated opinion of their home’s amount of value and an appraisal helped them to realistically price their home in order for it to sell. Overpriced homes do not attract serious potential buyers, which means you squander time and money and are left with no prospects for buying your home. Each month that your home is still on the market is another month you have to pay its mortgage.
There are many important questions concerning upgrades to ask yourself prior to listing your home and we can help you with that. Should I paint the house? Is now the time to install rain gutters? Should I remodel the kitchen? Practically all projects can influence value in some way, but not all have an impact commensurate to their cost. Thus we can help you in making these important decisions. Appraisers don’t have any vested interest in your final selling price, like an agent on commission will. Our fees are not a percentage of your home’s sale price — our appraisal fees are based on our time and efforts in researching, reporting and finalizing the report. When it comes to investing in your house and settling on a fair sales price, a professional appraisal from us helps homeowners make the smartest decisions.
And that’s where Cal Pacific Appraisal Company can help you. We can perform a pre-listing appraisal so you and your real estate agent have an accurate description of your home’s features and a detailed analysis of the most recent and similar comparable sales or “comps.” An appraisal from our firm can help you decide on a realistic selling price so your house will appeal to buyers, and we’ll also:
- Be a valuable negotiating tool once you have a potential buyer
- Provide written proof of your house’s quality inside and out to impress potential buyers
- Make yourself aware of problems and eliminate repair hassles at the eleventh hour
- Decrease the chances of unknown dilemmas that cause the process to fall through
- Cut out the wait for the buyer’s appraisal to have confidence the sale will go through
A lot of sellers are shocked when they find out that the market value of their house is much more than they had planned, so investing in an appraisal from us can actually allowed these sellers to receive several thousand more dollars than they thought they would when their home was sold. Others have an over-inflated opinion of their home’s amount of value and an appraisal helped them to realistically price their home in order for it to sell. Overpriced homes do not attract serious potential buyers, which means you squander time and money and are left with no prospects for buying your home. Each month that your home is still on the market is another month you have to pay its mortgage.
There are many important questions concerning upgrades to ask yourself prior to listing your home and we can help you with that. Should I paint the house? Is now the time to install rain gutters? Should I remodel the kitchen? Practically all projects can influence value in some way, but not all have an impact commensurate to their cost. Thus we can help you in making these important decisions. Appraisers don’t have any vested interest in your final selling price, like an agent on commission will. Our fees are not a percentage of your home’s sale price — our appraisal fees are based on our time and efforts in researching, reporting and finalizing the report. When it comes to investing in your house and settling on a fair sales price, a professional appraisal from us helps homeowners make the smartest decisions.