Appraisal services for home sellers - Southeast Appraisals, Inc.

Listing at the right price is crucial and a professional appraisal from Southeast Appraisals, Inc. will ensure you get it 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 you in the long run! Unless the homeowner makes a career out of studying real estate values, like a professional appraiser does, it's difficult for them to get a handle on real estate market forces.

This isn't a discussion of the costs of purchasing and upgrading your home, or the amount you'd like to get for it. Rather, the appraisal measures the true market value of your home.

Appraisals are valuable tools for homeowners selling without an agent

An increasing amount of AL 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 to get the most you can, you need a qualified appraiser. It can be very difficult to get objective opinions, we're human too, we understand its difficult 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.

Not only can getting a professional appraisal help you set a sensible asking price so your home will attract buyers, a professional appraisal can:

Be a very useful bargaining tool while speaking with a potential buyer
Impress buyers with written proof of the interior and exterior condition of your home
Alert you of issues and eliminate overlooked repairs hassles that might delay a closing
Decrease the odds of unidentified problems that cause sales to flop

People are surprised when they find out that their home's value is a great deal more than they thought. So by taking the first step and investing in a professional appraisal provided the data to support a sale for several thousand more than they thought they would get. Others have an an overestimated assessment of the value of their home, 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.

Pre-listing appraisals in Tuscaloosa County

You might have a highly skilled agent but it's in your best interest to have of value prior to signing a listing agreement. And that's where Southeast Appraisals, Inc. comes in. We can provide you with a pre-listing appraisal so both you and your agent have an accurate description of your home's characteristics and a detailed analysis of the most recent and similar comparable sales or as they're commonly called, "comps".

Southeast Appraisals, Inc. also are available for general consulting

Don't need an entire 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 still want some help collecting local sales and property data. We offer services designed especially for consumers like you to help with your real estate decisions.

Here's what you can expect when you order an appraisal from ....

Prompt response to your initial inquiry: We will give you personalized information for your particular appraisal need. We'll be more then happy to offer suggestions, just tell us what your situation is
Swift turnarounds on appraisals: Usually one week or less from the date we receive the request, you'll have a PDF of the report in your e-mail inbox.
Consulting and Appraisal report arrangements that suit YOUR needs: We've done a large amount of assignments, and we've learned that in the art of real estateconsulting and appraising there is no typical or standard, "boiler place" assignment. We offer quite a few different of types of reports, and have know how at providing appraisals to consumers that keep the industry jargon to a minimum so that you don't have to be qualified loan officer to read it.
Fast reply to follow-up questions: When we deliver a report to our clients, we make sure they are written in plain English, easy to understand, and meet or exceed the Uniform Standards of Professional Practice that moderates the appraisal practice. Should you have any inquiries regarding your appraisal, after you've read through the report, feel free to give us a call or email us!