Selling your home in or near Harris County? Contact Ashford Appraisals, LLC and make sure you're setting the price right.

If you're planning on putting your house on the market soon, a professional appraisal is a must. Don't think of an appraisal as purely an expense; it's worth every penny in the long run! Unless the homeowner makes a career out of studying real estate values, like a professional appraiser does, it's hard for them to fully grasp real estate market forces.

It's tempting to want to base your home's value on the costs of purchasing and upgrading your home, or how much you want to sell it for. Instead, the appraisal measures the true market value of your home. After all, a home is only going to sell for what another person is going to pay.


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Appraisals are valuable tools for families selling without an agent

Quite a few Texas homeowners are choosing 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. It can be very difficult to get an objective opinion, we're human too, we understand its difficult hard to take an objective look at 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.

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

Allow you to have the edge while bargaining when you find a potential buyer
Impress buyers with written proof of the interior and exterior condition of your home
Alert you of issues and eliminate last-minute repair hassles that might hold-up a closing
Help decrease the chances of unidentified problems that cause sales to flop

It can be surprising to people when they find out that the value of their home is more than they originally believed. So spending a little on a professional appraisal allowed them to receive several thousand more than they originally expected. Alternatively, some people have an overestimated impression of their home's value, and by getting an appraisal it helped them to to set a more reasonable price for their home in order for it to sell quickly - rather than waiting on the market for months. Asking too much for a home causes buyers to back off, which means no offers and no closing, wasting valuable time, money, and efforts.

Get a professional value opinion before listing

Even if you have an extremely talented agent, it's definitely a good idea to have an analysis of value prior to finalizing a listing contract. And that's where Ashford Appraisals, LLC comes in. An appraisal can be indispensable in this scenario. It will give both you and your agent a detailed description of the unique features of your property and 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 Texas Sellers: Put a local expert at your disposal

Don't need an entire appraisal but would like some information about the real estate market in your area? We have services tailored especially for clients like you to help with your real estate decisions.

After you order an appraisal report through us, expect the following....

Prompt response to your initial inquiry: We will give you information tailored for your individual appraisal need. Just let us know your situation, and we will offer you suggestions.
Swift turnaround on appraisals: Usually in a week's time or less from the date the request is received, you'll have a PDF of the report ready to download.
Appraisal and consulting report presentations to suit YOUR needs: We've preformed many of assignments, and we know that when providing real estate consulting and appraising, there isn't a typical or standard "boiler place" assignment. We offer many different report types and are skilled at providing appraisals to consumers minus the industry jargon so that you don't have to be real estate attorney to read it.
Any follow up questions? You can expect a quick response from Ashford Appraisals, LLC: When we write reports, we make sure they are clearly written, comprehensible to people outside the real estate industry, and adhere to the Uniform Standards of Professional Practice that governs the appraisal practice. If you have any confusion concerning your appraisal after you've read the report, just give us a call or email us!