Appraisal services for home sellers - LBH Appraisals

Getting an appraisal from LBH Appraisals before putting your Bothell home on the market saves you time and money.

If you're going to sell your home, you should seriously consider a professional appraisal. Don't think of a professional appraisal as costing money; it pays you in the long run! Unless the homeowner spends hours every week on real estate valuation, like an appraiser, it's practically impossible for them to understand the nuances of local real estate values.

This isn't a discussion of how much you have invested in your home, or the amount you need to get for it. Rather, an appraisal assesses your home's market value.

Appraisals are valuable tools for homeowners selling without an agent

An increasing amount of WA homeowners are choosing to sell their homes FSBO (For Sale By Owner) and foregoing the help of a real estate agent. But if you're going to do it right, quickly and to get the most you can, what you need is a qualified appraiser. It can be very difficult to get objective opinions, we're human too, we understand its difficult hard to take an objective look at 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.

In addition to helping you set a sensible asking price to attract more potential buyers, a professional appraisal can:

Be a very helpful bargaining tool once you have a potential buyer
Impress buyers with written proof of the condition of your home's interior and exterior
Alert you of problems and get rid of any last-minute repair hassles that might hold-up a closing
Prevent the possibility of unknown problems that cause sales to fall through

People are surprised to discover their home's value is more than they originally believed. So by taking the first step and investing in an appraisal provided the data to support a sale for thousands more than they could have gotten originally. Alternatively, some people have an overestimated opinion of the value of their home, and an appraisal helped them to to set a more reasonable price their home allowing them to quickly sell it instead of sitting on the market for months. Selling too high rarely attracts buyers, reducing your offers, making closing more difficult, wasting valuable time, money, and efforts.

Pre-listing appraisals in Snohomish County

Even if you have with a very skilled agent, it's in your best interest to get an objective third-party's opinion of value prior to finalizing a listing agreement. Let LBH Appraisals help. An appraisal can be indispensable in this scenario. It will give both you and your agent a comprehensive description of your property and its features and give you insight into how the local real estate market is performing with a record of the latest comparable properties in the area.

Consulting services for WA Sellers: Keep a local expert at your disposal

Not wanting to get a full appraisal but would like some information about the health of your area's real estate? If you feel like an appraisal is not necessary but you need some help analyzing local property and sales data. We can be a resource for your real estate decisions with services especially tailored for customers with your real estate needs.

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

We pride ourselves on making sure that when you send your initial inquiry, you get a response ASAP: We personalize information to the needs of our clients We'll be thrilled to provide suggestions, just tell us what your situation is
Quick turnaround time: Normally one week or less from the date we receive the request, we can have a PDF of the report in your e-mail inbox.
Consulting and Appraisal report formats to suit YOUR needs: We've preformed quite a few of assignments, and we understand that when it comes real estateappraising it's naive to think there's a typical or standard, "boiler place" assignment. We offer many different of report types, and have a lot of experience at providing appraisals to consumers without a lot of industry jargon so that you don't have to be qualified loan officer to read it.
Prompt to follow-up questions: Reports we create are written in plain English, simple to understand, and meet or exceed the Uniform Standards of Professional Practice that governs the appraisal practice. If you have any questions regarding your appraisal, once you've read the report, just give us a call or email us!