Appraisal services for home sellers - Central Valley Appraisal Group

Listing at the right price is crucial and a professional appraisal from Central Valley Appraisal Group will ensure you get it right.

Selling your home? You would be wise to invest in a professional appraisal. Don't think of a professional appraisal as costing money; it pays in the long run! Unless a homeowner spends hours every week on real estate valuation, like a professional appraiser does, it's hard for them to understand their local real estate market.

We are not talking about the costs of purchasing and upgrading your home, or the amount you'd like to get for it. Instead, a appraisal provides a professional opinion on how much your home will bring on the open market.

Need help setting a price when selling yourself?

An increasing amount of CA 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, what you need is a professional appraisal. You need objective opinions, and we understand that it can be very hard to take an objective look at own home because of your emotional attachment to it. We will tell 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 useful bargaining tool when you find a potential buyer
Impress buyers with written proof of the condition of your home's interior and exterior
Alert you of issues and eliminate overlooked repairs hassles that might hold-up a closing
Prevent the chances of unknown problems that cause sales to backslide

It can be surprising to people when they find out that the value of their home is quite a bit more than they thought. So by taking the first step and spending a little on a professional appraisal provided the data to support a sale for thousands more than they thought they would get. Alternatively, some people have an exaggerated opinion of their home's value, 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, wasting valuable time, money, and efforts.

We also help agents price homes in Sacramento County

Even if you're working with a very skillful agent, it's definitely a good idea to get an unbiased second opinion of your home's value to signing a listing agreement. Let Central Valley Appraisal Group help. An appraisal can be indispensable in a scenario like this. You and agent will get a complete breakdown for your property and its features which will give you insight into the health of the local real estate market with a record of the latest comparable properties in the area.

Someone to ask for for local real estate knowledge

Not sure if you need a full appraisal but are looking for information about the health of your area's real estate? Maybe you feel like you don't need an "appraisal" but you still want assistance gathering local property and sales data. We have services tailored especially for customers like you to assist with your real estate decisions.

After you order an appraisal report through us, you can expect....

Immediate response to your initial inquiry: We will give you personalized information for your individual appraisal need. Just explain your situation and give you suggestions.
Quick turnaround time: Usually in a weeks time or less from the date we receive the request, you'll have a copy, in PDF of the report in your e-mail inbox.
Consulting and Appraisal report formats to suit YOUR needs: We've done many of assignments, and we know that in the business of real estateappraising there is no typical or standard, "cookie cutter" assignment. We offer a lot of different of report types, and have know how at providing appraisals to consumers without so much of industry jargon so that you don't have to be qualified loan officer to read it.
Any follow up questions? You can expect a fast follow-up from Central Valley Appraisal Group: When we create reports, we make sure they are written in plain English, comprehensible to people outside the real estate industry, and meet or exceed the Uniform Standards of Professional Practice that governs the appraisal practice. Should you have any questions dealing your appraisal, after you've read the report, just give us a call or email us!