Listing at the right price is crucial and a professional appraisal from Franklin Appraisal Service LLC will ensure you get it right.

If you're planning on selling your home soon, an appraisal is a must. 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 their local real estate market.

While important, an appraisal is not about how much you have invested in 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.

Contact us for information regarding our specialized services for home sellers.

Selling on your own?

More and more TX homeowners are deciding to sell their homes FSBO (For Sale By Owner) and foregoing the assistance of a real estate agent. But to do it right, with minimal waiting and for top dollar, you need 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 explain to you what you need to know, not just what you want to hear.

Not only will getting a professional appraisal help you set a astute selling price to attract more potential buyers, a professional appraisal can:

  • Give you an advantage while negotiating when you find a potential buyer
  • Impress buyers with written proof of the interior and exterior condition of your home
  • Make you aware of issues and eliminate overlooked repairs hassles that might stall a closing
  • Help prevent the chances of unrevealed problems that cause sales to flop

It can be surprising to people when they find out that their home's value is higher than they originally thought. So spending a little on a professional appraisal allowed them to get thousands 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 set a more reasonable price their home in order for it to sell quickly rather than sitting on the market for months. An overpriced home rarely attracts buyers, which means no offers and no closing, which can waste your valuable time and drain your resources while getting nothing done

Get a comprehensive appraisal before listing

Even if you have with an extremely talented agent, it's definitely a good idea to get an unbiased second opinion of your home's value to signing a listing agreement. And that's where Franklin Appraisal Service LLC comes in. An appraisal can be invaluable in this scenario. It will give both you and your agent a complete breakdown of your property and its features which will give you insight into how the local real estate market is performing with a detailed analysis of recent comparable properties in the area.

Someone to ask for for local real estate knowledge

Not wanting to get a full appraisal but would like some information about how real estate is doing in your area? You might feel like an appraisal is not necessary but you'd still like some help collecting local property and sales data. We can be a resource for your real estate decisions with services especially tailored for consumers with your real estate needs.

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

  • Immediate response to your initial inquiry: We tailor information to the needs of our customers Just tell us your situation and we will make suggestions.
  • Quick turnaround time: Typically 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 arrangements that suit YOUR needs: We've preformed lots of assignments, and we've learned that in the art of real estateappraising there isn't a typical or standard, "generic" assignment. We offer quite a few different of report types, and are well seasoned at providing appraisals to clients sans the so that you don't have to be qualified loan officer to read it.
  • Fast reply to follow-up questions: Reports we write are clearly written, understandable, and adhere to the Uniform Standards of Professional Practice that governs the appraisal practice. If you have any inquiries about your appraisal, once you've read the report, just give us a call or email us!