Appraisal services for home sellers - Lower Keys Appraisal

Selling your home in the Lower Florida Keys? Contact Lower Keys Appraisal and make sure you're setting the price 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 spends hours every week on real estate valuation, like an appraiser, it's difficult for them to fully grasp their local real estate market.

While important, an appraisal is not about the costs of purchasing and upgrading your home, or how much you want for it. Rather, an appraisal assesses how much your home will bring on the open market.

Going to sell your home yourself?

Quite a few 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, quickly and to get the most you can, you need a qualified appraiser. The best thing to have is objective opinions, and we understand that it can be very 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.

In addition to helping, you set a realistic asking price so your home will attract buyers, a professional appraisal can:

Be a very helpful negotiating tool when you find a potential buyer
Impress buyers with written proof of your home's condition inside and out
Make you aware of problems and get rid of any overlooked repairs hassles that might delay a closing
Help lower the possibility of unrevealed problems that cause sales to fall through

Folks are sometimes surprised when they find out the value of their home is more than they originally believed. So, investing in an appraisal provided the data to support a sale for thousands more than they expected they would get. Others have an exaggerated opinion of the value of their home, by getting an appraisal it helped them to set a more reasonable price their home in order for it to sell quickly rather than gathering dust on the market for months. An overpriced home rarely attracts buyers, reducing your offers, making closing more difficult, wasting valuable time, money, and efforts.

We also help agents price homes in the Lower Keys

You might have a highly talented agent but it's in your best interest to get of your home's value to finalizing a listing agreement. And that's where Lower Keys Appraisal comes in. We can provide you with a pre-listing appraisal so both you and your agent have a definitive description of your home's features and a detailed analysis of the most recent and similar comparable sales which we typically refer to as "comps" in the appraisal industry.

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

We pride ourselves on 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. We'll be thrilled to provide suggestions, just tell us what your situation is
Fast turnarounds on appraisals: Normally one week 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 formats that suit YOUR needs: We've done a large number of assignments, and we understand that when it comes real estate consulting and appraising it's naive to think there's a typical or standard, "generic" report. We provide a lot of different of report types and have know how at providing appraisals to consumers that keep the industry jargon to a minimum in an easy-to-read format without a lot of industry jargon.
Fast reply to follow-up questions: When we create reports, we make sure they are clearly written, comprehensible to people outside the real estate industry, and meet or exceed the Uniform Standards of Professional Practice that regulates the appraisal practice. If you have any confusion regarding your appraisal, once you've read through the report, just give us a call or email us!