Appraisal services for home sellers - Shorecliff Appraisal Services

Listing at the right price is crucial and a professional appraisal from Shorecliff Appraisal Services 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 you 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 fully grasp local real estate values.

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 how much your home will bring on the open market.

Appraisals are valuable tools for people selling without an agent

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. 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 inform you of 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 to attract more potential buyers, a professional appraisal can:

Allow you to have the edge while bargaining once you have a potential buyer
Put buyers at ease with written proof of the interior and exterior condition of your home
Alert you of problems and get rid of any overlooked repairs hassles that might delay a closing
Prevent the possibility of unidentified problems that cause sales to deteriorate

People are surprised when they find out their home's value is higher than they first thought. So investing in a professional appraisal allowed them to receive several thousand more than they originally thought. Others have an an overestimated opinion of the value of their home, by getting an appraisal it 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 rarely attracts buyers, reducing your offers, making closing more difficult, wasting valuable time, money, and efforts.

We also help agents price homes in Orange County

You may have an extremely skillful agent but it's in your best interest to have of your home's value to finalizing a listing agreement. And that's where Shorecliff Appraisal Services comes in. We can provide you with a pre-listing appraisal that will let you and your agent have an accurate description of your home's features and a detailed breakdown of the latest and similar comparable sales or as they're commonly called, "comps".

Consulting services for Aliso Viejo Sellers: Put a local expert at your disposal

Not sure if you need an entire appraisal but are looking for information about the health of your area's real estate? You might feel like you don't need an "appraisal" but you need some help collecting local property and sales data. We can help solve your real estate dilemmas with services especially designed for consumers with your real estate needs.

If your curious what you'll be getting from when ordering an appraisal just take a look....

Immediate response to your initial inquiry: We tailor information to the needs of our clients We'll be more then happy to offer suggestions, just let us know what your situation is
Swift turnarounds on appraisals: 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.
Consulting and Appraisal report formats to suit YOUR needs: We've done a lot of assignments, and we know that in the art of real estateconsulting and appraising there is no typical or standard, "generic" assignment. We provide a variety of report types, and have a lot of experience at providing appraisals to consumers without a lot of industry jargon in an easy to read format without a lot of industry jargon.
Fast to follow-up questions: When we write reports, we make sure they are clearly written, understandable, and adhere to the Uniform Standards of Professional Practice that moderates 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!