Appraisal services for home sellers - Preferred Appraisal SWF

Putting a house on the market in or near Lee County? Contact Preferred Appraisal SWF and make sure you're setting the price right.

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 in the long run! Unless a homeowner makes a career out of studying real estate values, like an appraiser, it's hard for them to fully grasp their local real estate market.

While important, an appraisal is not about how much you've spent buying and improving your home, or how much you want to sell it for. Instead, an appraisal assesses your home's market value.

Need help setting a price when selling yourself?

An increasing amount of FL homeowners are choosing 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, it can be very 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 realistic selling price so your home will attract buyers, a professional appraisal can:

Be a very helpful bargaining tool while speaking with a potential buyer
Impress buyers with written proof of the condition of your home's interior and exterior
Alert you of problems and eliminate overlooked repairs hassles that might hold-up a closing
Decrease the odds of unrevealed problems that cause sales to go up in smoke

Folks are sometimes surprised when they find out the value of their home is higher than they originally thought. So by taking the first step and spending a little on a professional appraisal provided the data to support a sale for several thousand more than they originally thought. Alternatively, some people have an inflated opinion of the value of their home, by getting an appraisal it gave then the assistance they needed in order to realistically 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, reducing your offers, making closing more difficult, wasting valuable time, money, and efforts.

Pre-listing appraisals in Lee County

You might have an extremely talented agent but it's definitely a good idea to get of your home's value to signing a listing agreement. And that's where Preferred Appraisal SWF comes in. We can furnish you with a pre-listing appraisal so both you and your agent have a precise writeup of your home's features and a detailed analysis of the latest and similar comparable sales or as they're commonly called, "comps".

A resource for for local real estate knowledge

Not wanting to get an entire appraisal but would like some 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 analyzing local property and sales data. We offer services tailored especially for customers like you to help with your real estate decisions.

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

Prompt response to your initial inquiry: We personalize information to the needs of our customers We'll be more then happy to provide suggestions, just tell us what your situation is
Swift turnaround time: Usually in a weeks time or less from the date we receive the request, we can have a copy, in PDF of the report in your e-mail inbox.
Appraisal and consulting report formats that suit YOUR needs: We've done quite a few of assignments, and we've learned that whether it's real estateconsulting and appraising there isn't a typical or standard, "boiler place" report. We offer quite a few different of types of reports, and are well seasoned at providing appraisals to consumers sans the in an easy to read format without a lot of industry jargon.
Fast response to follow-up questions: Reports we write are written in plain English, easy to understand, and adhere to the Uniform Standards of Professional Practice that governs the appraisal practice. Should you have any inquiries regarding your appraisal, once you've read the report, we suggest that you email or call us!