Selling your home in or near Catawba County? Contact Carolina Appraisal Group, Shelby NC and make sure you're setting the price right.

If you're planning on selling your home soon, a professional appraisal is absolutely necessary. Don't think of a professional appraisal as costing money; it pays you in the long run! Unless a homeowner spends hours every week on real estate valuation, like an appraiser, it's difficult for them to fully grasp real estate market forces.

While important, an appraisal is not about how much you have invested in your home, or the amount you need to get for it. Instead, an appraisal assesses how much your home will bring on the open market.

Contact us for information regarding our specialized services for home sellers.

Selling on your own?

An increasing amount of NC homeowners are choosing to sell their homes FSBO (For Sale By Owner) and foregoing the assistance of a real estate agent. But if you're going to do it right, quickly and for the best price, what you need is a professional appraisal. It can be very difficult to get objective opinions, it's very 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.

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 helpful bargaining tool once you have a potential buyer
  • Put buyers at ease with written proof of the condition of your home inside and out
  • Alert you of problems and eliminate last-minute repair hassles that might delay a closing
  • Decrease the chances of hidden problems that cause sales to go up in smoke

Folks are sometimes surprised to discover the value of their home is higher than they first thought. So investing in an appraisal allowed them to receive thousands more than they originally thought. Alternatively, some people have an exaggerated impression when they put a value on their home, by getting an appraisal it gave then the assistance they needed in order to set a more reasonable price their home in order for it to sell quickly instead of gathering dust on the market for months. An overpriced home rarely attracts buyers, reducing your offers, making closing more difficult, wasting valuable time, money, and efforts.

We also help agents price homes in Catawba County

You might have an extremely skillful agent but it's definitely a good idea to get an objective third-party's opinion of your home's value to signing a listing agreement. Carolina Appraisal Group, Shelby NC can help. An appraisal can be indispensable in this scenario. It will give both you and your agent a comprehensive description of the unique features of your property which will give you insight into how the local real estate market is performing with a record of the latest comparable properties in the area.

Carolina Appraisal Group, Shelby NC also offer general consulting

Don't need a full appraisal but still need some information about how real estate is doing in your area? You might feel like an appraisal is not necessary but you need assistance gathering local property and sales data. We can help solve your real estate concerns with services especially designed for customers with your real estate needs.

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

  • We pride ourselves on making sure that when you send your initial inquiry, you get a response ASAP: We will give you information tailored for your individual appraisal need. We'll be more then happy to give you suggestions, just let us know what your situation is
  • Fast turnarounds for appraisals: Usually one week or less from the date the request is received, we can have a PDF of the report in your e-mail inbox.
  • Consulting and Appraisal report arrangements that suit YOUR needs: When dealing with appraisal and consulting, "One size does NOT fit all." We provide a variety of report types, and have a lot of experience at providing appraisals to clients minus the in an easy to read format without a lot of industry jargon.
  • Quick response to follow-up questions: Reports we create are clearly written, easy to understand, and meet or exceed the Uniform Standards of Professional Practice that governs the appraisal practice. If you have any inquiries dealing your appraisal, once you've read through the report, just give us a call or email us!