Selling your home in or near Marengo County? Contact Lewis Appraisals and make sure you're setting the price right.

If you're going to sell your home, you should seriously consider a professional appraisal. Don't think of a professional appraisal as costing money; it pays in the long run! Unless the homeowner studies real estate values on a day to day basis, like a professional appraiser does, it's difficult for them to understand real estate market forces.

This isn't a discussion of the costs of purchasing and upgrading your home, or how much you want to sell it for. Rather, an appraisal assesses the true market value of your home.

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

Appraisals are valuable tools for people selling without an agent

More and more AL homeowners are deciding to sell their homes FSBO (For Sale By Owner) and foregoing the assistance of a real estate agent. But to do it right, quickly and for the best price, you need 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 explain to you what you need to know, not just what you want to hear.

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

  • Give you an advantage while negotiating while speaking with a potential buyer
  • Impress buyers with written proof of the interior and exterior condition of your home
  • Make you aware of issues and get rid of any last-minute repair hassles that might stall a closing
  • Help decrease the possibility of unidentified problems that cause sales to flop

People are surprised when they find out their home's value is higher than they originally thought. So spending a little on a professional appraisal allowed them to get several thousand more than they thought they would get. Alternatively, some people have an overestimated opinion of the value of their home, by getting an appraisal it gave then the assistance they needed in order to realistically price their home in order for it to sell quickly instead of gathering dust on the market for months. Selling too high will not attract buyers, reducing your offers, making closing more difficult, wasting valuable time, money, and efforts.

We also help agents price homes in Marengo County

You may have a highly skilled agent but it's definitely a good idea to have an unbiased second opinion of your home's value to finalizing a listing agreement. Let Lewis Appraisals help. We can provide you with a pre-listing appraisal that will let you and your agent have a definitive summarizing of your home's features and a detailed breakdown of the most recent and similar comparable sales or as they're commonly called, "comps".

Sometimes it's useful to have a general resource for local real estate knowledge

Not sure if you need an entire appraisal but still need some information about the real estate market in your area? Maybe you feel like you don't need an "appraisal" but you need assistance gathering local sales and property data. We can help solve your real estate quandaries with services especially designed for clients with your real estate needs.

This is a little bit of what to expect when you place an order for an appraisal from ....

  • We take great pride in making sure that when you send your initial inquiry, you get a fast response: We will provide you with personalized information for your individual appraisal need. Just explain your situation and offer you suggestions.
  • Swift turnaround time: Normally one week or less from the date the request is received, we can have a copy, in 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 practice of real estateappraising there is no typical or standard, "cookie cutter" assignment. We provide many different of report types, and are well seasoned 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 Lewis Appraisals: When we create reports, we make sure they are written in plain English, simple to understand, and meet or exceed the Uniform Standards of Professional Practice that moderates the appraisal practice. Should you have any confusion about your appraisal, after you've read through the report, we encourage you to email or call us!