Appraisal services for home sellers - George R. Pinkham

Selling your home in or near Orange County? Contact George R. Pinkham and make sure you're setting the price right.

Selling your home? You would be wise to invest in a professional appraisal. An appraisal doesn't cost that much and it's worth the money 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 understand the nuances of local real estate values.

While important, an appraisal is not about the costs of purchasing and upgrading your home, or how much you want to sell it for. Instead, the appraisal measures your home's market value.

Selling on your own?

Quite a few NY homeowners are deciding 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, you need a skilled appraiser. It can be very difficult to get 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 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 realistic asking price so your home will attract buyers, a professional appraisal can:

Give you an advantage while negotiating when you find a potential buyer
Impress buyers with written proof of the condition of your home's interior and exterior
Call attention to any issues and get rid of any last-minute repair hassles that might delay a closing
Help prevent the chances of unrevealed problems that cause sales to backslide

Folks are sometimes surprised when they find out the value of their home is more than they originally believed. So spending a little on an appraisal provided the data to support a sale for thousands more than they could have gotten originally. Alternatively, some people have an exaggerated opinion of their home's value, by getting an appraisal it gave then the assistance they needed in order 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 will not attract 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're working with a very skilled agent, it's in your best interest to get an unbiased second opinion of your home's value to finalizing a listing agreement. Let George R. Pinkham help. We can furnish you with a pre-listing appraisal that will let you and your agent have a definitive summarizing of your home's characteristics and a detailed breakdown of the most recent and similar comparable sales or as they're commonly called, "comps".

Serving Cornwall On Hudson with the highest quality real estate consulting services

Not sure if you need an entire appraisal but are looking for information about the real estate market in your area? You might feel like you don't need an "appraisal" but you still want some help collecting local property and sales data. We offer services tailored especially for consumers like you to assist with your real estate decisions.

Here's what to expect when you order an appraisal through ....

We take great pride in making sure that when you send your initial inquiry, you get a response ASAP: We will give you personalized information for your individual appraisal need. Just let us know your situation and offer you suggestions.
Quick turnaround time: Typically in a weeks time or less from the date the request is received, we can have a PDF of the report in your e-mail inbox.
Appraisal and consulting report arrangements that suit YOUR needs: We've preformed a large amount of assignments, and we've learned that in the business of real estateappraising it's naive to think there's a typical or standard, "cookie cutter" assignment. We provide a variety of types of reports, and are skilled at providing appraisals to consumers without a lot of industry jargon in an easy to read format without a lot of industry jargon.
Prompt reply to follow-up questions: When we deliver a report to our clients, 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. If you have any inquiries regarding your appraisal, after you've read through the report, we suggest that you email or call us!