Selling your home in or near McDowell County? Contact JW Appraisal Services and make sure you're setting the price right.

If you're planning on selling your home soon, a professional appraisal is a step in the right direction. Don't think of an appraisal as purely an expense; it pays in the long run! Unless the homeowner spends hours every week on real estate valuation, like a professional appraiser does, it's difficult for them to understand their local real estate market.

You could be fixated on the costs of purchasing and upgrading your home, or how much you want to sell it for. You see, the appraisal measures your home's market value. After all, a home is only going to sell for the price another person is offering to pay.

Contact us for any questions regarding the specific services for home sellers we offer.

Going to sell your home yourself?

More and more North Carolina homeowners are deciding to sell their homes FSBO (For Sale By Owner) and foregoing the assistance 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 qualified appraiser. The best thing to have is an objective opinion, it's very difficult 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.

Not only will getting a professional appraisal help you set a realistic selling price to attract more potential 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 your home's condition inside and out
  • Alert you of issues and eliminate overlooked repairs hassles that might stall a closing
  • Help decrease the chances of unidentified problems that cause sales to flop
Folks are sometimes surprised when they find out the value of their home is quite a bit more than they thought. So investing in a professional appraisal provided the data to support a sale for thousands more than they thought they would get. Alternatively, some people have an overestimated opinion of their home's value, and an appraisal gave them the assistance they needed in order to realistically price their home in order for it to sell quickly - instead of 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 Marion

You might have a very skilled agent, but it's in your best interest to get an analysis of your home's value before finalizing a listing agreement. And that's where JW Appraisal Services comes in. We can provide you with a pre-listing appraisal so both you and your agent have a precise writeup of your home's features and a detailed breakdown of the most recent and similar comparable sales or as they're commonly called, "comps".

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

  • We take great pride in making sure that when you send your initial inquiry, you get a prompt response: We will give you information tailored for your individual appraisal need. Just tell us your situation, and we will provide suggestions.
  • Fast turnaround time: Typically in a week's time or less from the date the request is received, we can have a PDF ready for you to download from our site or in your e-mail.
  • Consulting and appraisal report formats to suit YOUR needs: We've worked on lots of assignments, and we understand that in the practice of real estate consulting and appraising, it's naive to think there's a typical or standard "generic" report. We offer a variety of report types and have know how at providing appraisals to clients that keep the industry jargon to a minimum so that you don't have to be real estate attorney to read it.
  • Any follow up questions? You can expect a quick response: When we create reports, we make sure they are written in plain English, comprehensible to people outside the real estate industry, and adhere to the Uniform Standards of Professional Practice that governs the appraisal practice. If you have any confusion regarding your appraisal after you've read through the report, we encourage you to email or call us!

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