Listing at the right price is crucial and a professional appraisal from Innovative Valuation will ensure you get it 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 in the long run! Unless the homeowner makes a career out of studying real estate values, like a professional appraiser does, it's practically impossible for them to get a handle on local real estate values.

We are not talking about how much you have invested in your home, or how much you want to sell it for. Instead, a appraisal provides a professional opinion on how much your home will bring on the open market.

Contact us for any questions regarding our specialized services for home sellers.

Need help setting a price when selling yourself?

More and more CA homeowners are choosing 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, what you need is a professional appraisal. The best thing to have is objective opinions, it's very hard to be objective about your own home because of your emotional attachment to it. We will tell you what you need to know, not just what you want to hear.

Not only will getting a professional appraisal help you set a realistic asking price so your home will attract buyers, a professional appraisal can:

  • Allow you to have the edge while negotiating when you find a potential buyer
  • Put buyers at ease with written proof of the condition of your home's interior and exterior
  • Alert you of problems and get rid of any overlooked repairs hassles that might delay a closing
  • Lower the odds of unrevealed problems that cause sales to go up in smoke

It can be surprising to people when they find out that the value of their home is much more than they thought. So investing in an appraisal allowed them to receive several thousand more than they expected they would get. Others have an an overestimated opinion of the value of their home, and an appraisal gave then the assistance they needed in order to set a more reasonable price their home allowing them to quickly sell it instead of sitting on the market for months. Selling too high rarely attracts buyers, which means no offers and no closing, which can waste your valuable time and drain your resources while getting nothing done

Pre-listing appraisals in Discovery Bay

Even if you have with a very skillful agent, it's definitely a good idea to get an unbiased second opinion of your home's value to signing a listing agreement. Let Innovative Valuation help. An appraisal can be invaluable in this scenario. It will give both you and your agent a complete description of the unique features of your property and give you insight into how the local real estate market is performing with a record of recent comparable properties in the area.

Innovative Valuation also provide general consulting

Not wanting to get a full appraisal but are looking for information about the real estate market in your area? If you feel like an appraisal is not necessary but you still want assistance analyzing local property and sales data. We can be a resource for your real estate decisions with services especially designed for consumers with your real estate needs.

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

  • We pride ourselves on making sure that when you send your initial inquiry, you get a immediate response: We will provide you with information tailored for your individual appraisal need. We'll be more then happy to provide suggestions, just let us know what your situation is
  • Swift turnarounds on appraisals: Usually in a weeks time or less from the date we receive the request, we can have a PDF of the report in your e-mail inbox.
  • Appraisal and consulting report arrangements that suit YOUR needs: When it comes to appraisal and consulting, "One size does NOT fit all." We provide quite a few different of report types, and have a lot of experience 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 response to follow-up questions: Our reports are written in plain English, understandable, and adhere to the Uniform Standards of Professional Practice that moderates the appraisal practice. If you have any confusion dealing your appraisal, once you've read the report, just give us a call or email us!