Appraisal services for Seattle and King County homeowners

The top 7 reasons why WA homeowners use www.Appraisal-Center.com:

  1. Find the right listing price (whether you're using a real estate agent or selling the home on your own)
  2. Challenge a property tax assessment
  3. To lower a mortgage payment by removing PMI
  4. Reinstate their Home Equity Line of Credit (HELOC)
  5. Verify a different appraiser's report
  6. In the case of a WA divorce, where real estate needs to be divided
  7. Settle an estate in WA by determining the true market value of property in question

Do you own a home in or near Seattle? Do you need help determining the price of your real estate?
Contact www.Appraisal-Center.com.

We at www.Appraisal-Center.com understand the special needs of a consumer seeking appraisal services. While our typical clients understand the appraisal process and standard reporting formats, you as a consumer will get extra service in the form of an explanation of the process and even special consumer-friendly reporting forms if the assignment allows for them.

For-Sale-By-Owner (FSBO) / Pre-Listing Services

Since you have an emotional attachment to your home, it's often very hard to be objective about it. Our professional appraisers at www.Appraisal-Center.com are objective. We won't just tell you what you want to hear, we will tell you what you need to know. A professional appraisal is a very important negotiating tool once you have a likely buyer, in addition to helping you set a realistic selling price so your property will attract buyers. It gives you something tangible to show your buyer. It's an independent third party's opinion of your property's price, and not just how much your house is worth. Interested buyers assume that you have an emotional attachment to your home and will be more likely to give credibility to an accomplished appraiser's value report than yours.

Appraisals to cancel PMI

A popular way to save money for homeowners is getting the PMI canceled from their mortgage loan, thus saving them money on their monthly payments. PMI stands for "Private Mortgage Insurance". Once your mortgage loan amount is below 80% of the value of your home, in most cases you can apply to your lender to have the PMI canceled from your loan, which will make your monthly payments go down. At www.Appraisal-Center.com, we're experts in helping folks just like you delete undesirable PMI insurance.

Challenging a property tax assessment

Your local tax assessor may have your house overvalued if you live in a region that's going down. That only means you're going to pay more taxes than you should. Since your property assessment may likely go up again in the next period, the quicker you take care of a matter like this, the better. Getting an appraisal from www.Appraisal-Center.com is your chief weapon when contesting your property tax assessment.

HELOC recently frozen?

Even if your specific property has not declined in value, your lender just may decide to automatically freeze your home equity line of credit (HELOC) if your home is in a declining area. Not only can this be unsuitable from a cash flow standpoint, but it can be bad for your credit score since it may appear as though that credit line is maxed out. A professional appraisal from www.Appraisal-Center.com can help you reinstate your HELOC.

We Provide Field and Desktop Appraisal Review Services

Would you prefer a second opinion without the added expense and delay of waiting for a whole new appraisal? Or do you need a seasoned professional to double-check your appraisal for efficiency? An appraiser from www.Appraisal-Center.com can go out and check the subject and comps in question in a field review. Or, if you're in a hurry, we can provide you with a desk review and verify as many facts as we can using online data sources as well as our own files.

Do you need a retrospective review of an appraisal report? www.Appraisal-Center.com can help you with that. Even though this is usually requested by banks, you may need to exploit this service if you suspect mortgage fraud related to your house.