Putting a house on the market in or near Kenai Peninsula County? Contact Appraisal Specialist and make sure you're setting the price right.

If you're planning on selling your home soon, an appraisal is absolutely necessary. Don't think of a professional appraisal as costing money; it's worth the money 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 get a handle on local real estate values.

We are not talking about how much you've spent buying and improving your home, or how much you want for it. Rather, a appraisal provides a professional opinion on how much your home will bring on the open market.

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

Need help setting a price when selling yourself?

An increasing amount of AK homeowners are deciding 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, with minimal waiting and for the best price, you need a professional appraisal. The best thing to have is objective opinions, we're human too, we understand its difficult 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.

In addition to helping you set a realistic selling price to attract more potential buyers, a professional appraisal can:

  • Be a very beneficial negotiating tool when you find a potential buyer
  • Put buyers at ease with written proof of your home's condition inside and out
  • Call attention to any problems and eliminate overlooked repairs hassles that might stall a closing
  • Help decrease the possibility of unrevealed problems that cause sales to flop

It can be surprising to people when they find out their home's value is more than they originally believed. So investing in a professional appraisal allowed them to get several thousand more than they could have gotten originally. Alternatively, some people have an inflated assessment when they put a value on their home, and an appraisal gave then the assistance they needed in order to set a more reasonable price their home in order for it to sell quickly rather than gathering dust on the market for months. Selling too high rarely attracts buyers, reducing your offers, making closing more difficult, wasting valuable time, money, and efforts.

Pre-listing appraisals in Kenai Peninsula County

You may have a highly skillful agent but it's in your best interest to have an objective third-party's opinion of value prior to finalizing a listing agreement. Let Appraisal Specialist help. An appraisal can be extremely helpful in a scenario like this. You and agent will get a detailed description of the unique features of your property which will give you insight into how the local real estate market is performing with a detailed analysis of recent comparable properties in the area.

Appraisal Specialist also provide general consulting

Not sure if you need an entire appraisal but would like some information about the health of your area's real estate? Maybe you feel like you don't need an "appraisal" but you'd still like assistance collecting local sales and property data. We offer services tailored especially for customers like you to assist with your real estate decisions.

This is a little bit of what you can 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 response ASAP: We will provide you with information tailored for your individual appraisal need. Just tell us your situation and provide suggestions.
  • Fast turnarounds on appraisals: Normally in a weeks time or less from the date we receive the request, you'll have a PDF of the report in your e-mail inbox.
  • Consulting and Appraisal report formats that suit YOUR needs: We've done a large amount of assignments, and we've learned that in the art of real estateappraising it's naive to think there's a typical or standard, "cookie cutter" assignment. We provide a variety of report types, and are skillful at providing appraisals to consumers 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 prompt follow-up from Appraisal Specialist : When we create reports, we make sure they are written in plain English, simple to understand, and adhere to the Uniform Standards of Professional Practice that governs the appraisal practice. Should you have any inquiries about your appraisal, after you've read the report, we encourage you to email or call us!