Appraisal services for home sellers - Elite Appraisal Services

Getting an appraisal from Elite Appraisal Services before putting your Polk County home on the market saves you time and money.

Selling your home? You would be wise to invest in a professional appraisal. Don't think of a professional appraisal as costing money; it pays you in the long run! Unless a homeowner studies real estate values on a day to day basis, like a professional appraiser does, it's practically impossible for them to understand their local real estate market.

While important, an appraisal is not about how much you have invested in your home, or the amount you'd like to get for it. Instead, the appraisal measures your home's market value.

Need help setting a price when selling yourself?

More and more IA homeowners are choosing to sell their homes FSBO (For Sale By Owner) and foregoing the help of a real estate agent. But to do it right, with minimal waiting and to get the most you can, what you need is a skilled appraiser. You need objective opinions, and we understand that it can be very hard to take an objective look at 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 can getting a professional appraisal help you set a astute asking price to attract more potential buyers, a professional appraisal can:

Give you an advantage while negotiating once you have a potential buyer
Put buyers at ease with written proof of the interior and exterior condition of your home
Alert you of problems and eliminate last-minute repair hassles that might hold-up a closing
Help decrease the possibility of unknown problems that cause sales to backslide

People are surprised when they find out their home's value is more than they originally believed. So spending a little on an appraisal provided the data to support a sale for several thousand more than they could have gotten originally. Others have an an inflated assessment of their home's value, by getting an appraisal it helped them to to set a more reasonable price their home in order for it to sell quickly instead of sitting 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 Polk County

You may have a highly skillful agent but it's definitely a good idea to get an unbiased second opinion of value prior to signing a listing agreement. Elite Appraisal Services can help. An appraisal can be extremely helpful in this scenario. You and agent will get a comprehensive description of the unique features of your property which will give you insight into how the local real estate market is performing with a record of recent comparable properties in the area.

Consulting services for Ankeny Sellers: Put a local expert at your disposal

Not sure if you need an entire appraisal but are looking for information about the real estate market in your area? Maybe you feel like you don't need an "appraisal" but you need some help gathering local sales and property data. We offer services tailored for the needs of clients like you to help with your real estate decisions.

After you order an appraisal report from , expect the following....

Fast response to your initial inquiry: We tailor information to the needs of our clients Just let us know your situation and provide suggestions.
Fast turnaround time: Usually in a weeks time 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 worked on lots of assignments, and we know that practice of real estateconsulting and appraising there is no typical or standard, "cookie cutter" report. We offer a lot of different of types of reports, and have an abundance of experience at providing appraisals to clients that keep the industry jargon to a minimum so that you don't have to be qualified loan officer to read it.
Any follow up questions? You can expect a quick follow-up from Elite Appraisal Services : Reports we create are written in plain English, simple to understand, and meet or exceed the Uniform Standards of Professional Practice that governs the appraisal practice. If you have any questions dealing your appraisal, after you've read through the report, feel free to give us a call or email us!