Listing at the right price is crucial and a professional appraisal from Hess Appraisal Company Inc will ensure you get it right.

If you're planning on selling your home soon, a professional appraisal is a must. An appraisal doesn't cost that much and 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 difficult for them to understand the nuances of real estate market forces.

While important, an appraisal is not about how much you've spent buying and improving your home, or how much you want for it. Rather, the appraisal measures your home's market value.

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

Going to sell your home yourself?

An increasing amount of VA 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, quickly and to get the most you can, what you need is a expert appraiser. It can be very difficult to get objective opinions, and we understand that it's difficult to take an objective look at own home because of your emotional attachment to it. We will inform you of 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 so your home will attract buyers, a professional appraisal can:

  • Be a very valuable negotiating tool once you have a potential buyer
  • Impress buyers with written proof of the condition of your home's interior and exterior
  • Alert you of problems and get rid of any last-minute repair hassles that might stall a closing
  • Lower the chances of unknown problems that cause sales to go up in smoke

People are surprised when they find out the value of their home is more than they originally believed. So by taking the first step and spending a little on a professional appraisal allowed them to receive several thousand more than they originally thought. Others have an an inflated assessment 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 waiting on the market for months. An overpriced home rarely attracts buyers, reducing your offers, making closing more difficult, which can waste your valuable time and drain your resources while getting nothing done

We also help agents price homes in Smyth County

Even if you're working with an extremely talented agent, it's in your best interest to get of your home's value to finalizing a listing agreement. And that's where Hess Appraisal Company Inc comes in. We can provide you with a pre-listing appraisal that will let you and your agent have a precise description of your home's characteristics and a detailed breakdown of the newest and similar comparable sales or as they're commonly called, "comps".

We also provide general consulting

Not sure if you need 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 still want some help collecting local property and sales data. We have services tailored for the needs of customers like you to assist with your real estate decisions.

If your wondering what you'll be getting from us when you order an appraisal just take a look....

  • We pride ourselves on making sure that when you send your initial inquiry, you get a response ASAP: We will give you personalized information for your individual appraisal need. We'll be more then happy to offer suggestions, just tell us what your situation is
  • Quick turnarounds for appraisals: Normally one week or less from the date we receive the request, we can have a PDF of the report in your e-mail inbox.
  • Consulting and Appraisal report arrangements to suit YOUR needs: We've done quite a few of assignments, and we've learned that practice of real estateappraising there is no typical or standard, "cookie cutter" assignment. We offer a variety of types of reports, and have know how at providing appraisals to consumers without a lot of industry jargon in an easy to read format without a lot of industry jargon.
  • Quick response to follow-up questions: When we deliver a report to our clients, we make sure they are written in plain English, comprehensible to people outside the real estate industry, and meet or exceed the Uniform Standards of Professional Practice that regulates the appraisal practice. Should you have any questions about your appraisal, after you've read through the report, just give us a call or email us!