Appraisal services for home sellers - The Arnold & Campbell Appraisal Group, LLC

Selling your home in or near Bexar County? Contact The Arnold & Campbell Appraisal Group, LLC and make sure you're setting the price right.

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 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 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. Rather, a appraisal provides a professional opinion on how much your home will bring on the open market.

Selling yourself instead of using a real estate agent and need help with pricing?

More and more TX homeowners are making the decision 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 to get the most you can, what you need is a professional appraisal. It can be very difficult to get objective opinions, and we understand that it's hard to take an objective look at 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.

In addition to helping you set a realistic selling price so your home will attract buyers, a professional appraisal can:

Be a very valuable bargaining tool while speaking with a potential buyer
Impress buyers with written proof of the interior and exterior condition of your home
Alert you of problems and eliminate last-minute repair hassles that might delay a closing
Prevent the odds of hidden problems that cause sales to go up in smoke

It can be surprising to people when they find out that their home's value is much more than they thought. So investing in a professional appraisal allowed them to get thousands more than they could have gotten originally. Others have an an exaggerated impression of their home's value, 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 sitting on the market for months. An overpriced home will not attract buyers, which means no offers and no closing, wasting valuable time, money, and efforts.

Get a professional value opinion before listing

You might have a highly skillful agent but it's in your best interest to get of your home's value to finalizing a listing agreement. And that's where The Arnold & Campbell Appraisal Group, LLC comes in. We can provide you with a pre-listing appraisal that will let you and your agent have an accurate writeup of your home's characteristics and a detailed breakdown of the most recent and similar comparable sales or as they're commonly called, "comps".

Someone to ask for for local real estate knowledge

Not wanting to get an entire appraisal but still need some information about how the real estate market is doing in your area? You might feel like you don't need an "appraisal" but you require assistance gathering local sales and property data. We can be a resource for your real estate concerns with services especially tailored for clients with your real estate needs.

If your curious what to expect from us when you order an appraisal just take a look....

We take great pride in making sure that when you send your initial inquiry, you get a response ASAP: We personalize information to the needs of our clients Just explain your situation and we will make suggestions.
Fast turnaround time: 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 to suit YOUR needs: We've preformed quite a few of assignments, and we know that when it comes real estateappraising it's naive to think there's a typical or standard, "cookie cutter" report. We provide a lot of different of report types, and have know how at providing appraisals to clients without a lot of industry jargon so that you don't have to be qualified loan officer to read it.
Fast to follow-up questions: When we deliver a report to our clients, we make sure they are written in plain English, easy to understand, and meet or exceed the Uniform Standards of Professional Practice that moderates the appraisal practice. Should you have any confusion regarding your appraisal, once you've read through the report, feel free to give us a call or email us!