Appraisal services for home sellers - Informed Appraisals

Selling your home in or near Maricopa County? Contact Informed Appraisals and make sure you're setting the price right.

If you're going to sell your home, you should seriously consider a professional appraisal. An appraisal doesn't cost that much and it pays in the long run! Unless the homeowner spends hours every week on real estate valuation, like a professional appraiser does, it's practically impossible for them to understand their local real estate market.

While important, an appraisal is not about how much you've spent buying and improving your home, or the amount you need to get for it. Rather, the appraisal measures how much your home will bring on the open market.

For Sale By Owner?

An increasing amount of AZ homeowners are choosing 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, with minimal waiting and for top dollar, what you need is a professional appraisal. It can be very difficult to get objective opinions, and we understand that it can be very hard to be objective about your own home because of your emotional attachment to it. We will explain to you what you need to know, not just what you want to hear.

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

Be a very helpful bargaining tool when you find a potential buyer
Put buyers at ease with written proof of the condition of your home inside and out
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 backslide

Folks are sometimes surprised to discover the value of their home is much more than they thought. So investing in an appraisal provided the data to support a sale for several thousand more than they originally expected. Others have an an exaggerated opinion when they put a value on their home, and an appraisal gave then the assistance they needed in order to realistically price their home in order for it to sell quickly instead of waiting on the market for months. Selling too high will not attract buyers, which means no offers and no closing, wasting valuable time, money, and efforts.

Get a comprehensive appraisal before listing

You might have a very experienced agent but it's definitely a good idea to get of value prior to finalizing a listing agreement. Informed Appraisals can help. An appraisal can be indispensable in this scenario. You and agent will get a complete breakdown of your property and its features and give you insight into the health of the local real estate market with a record of recent comparable properties in the area.

Informed Appraisals also provide general consulting

Not sure if you need an entire appraisal but are looking for information about how real estate is doing in your area? If you feel like an appraisal is not necessary but you'd still like some help analyzing local sales and property data. We have services tailored especially for consumers like you to assist with your real estate decisions.

When you order an appraisal report through , you can expect....

We take great pride in making sure that when you send your initial inquiry, you get a immediate response: We tailor information to the needs of our clients We'll be thrilled to give you suggestions, just tell us what your situation is
Fast turnaround time: Usually 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 formats that suit YOUR needs: We've worked on quite a few of assignments, and we've learned that in the art of real estateappraising there isn't a typical or standard, "boiler place" assignment. We offer a lot of different of report types, and have know how at providing appraisals to clients that keep the industry jargon to a minimum in an easy to read format without a lot of industry jargon.
Any follow up questions? You can expect a prompt follow-up from Informed Appraisals: Our reports 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 about your appraisal, once you've read the report, we suggest that you email or call us!