Appraisal services for home sellers - Koller Appraisals, LLC

Putting a house on the market. Contact Koller Appraisals to make sure you're setting the price right.

If you're planning on selling your home soon, an appraisal is absolutely necessary. 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 practically impossible for them to fully grasp local real estate values.

While important, an appraisal is not about how much you've spent buying and improving your home, or the amount you'd like to get for it. Instead, a appraisal provides a professional opinion on your home's market value.

Selling on your own?

Quite a few PA 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, quickly and for top dollar, what you need is a qualified appraiser. It can be very difficult to get objective opinions, it's very hard to be objective about your 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 sensible asking price to attract more potential 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
Call attention to any issues and eliminate last-minute repair hassles that might delay a closing
Decrease the chances of unidentified problems that cause sales to deteriorate

People are surprised when they find out the value of their home is much more than they thought. So investing in an appraisal allowed them to get several thousand more than they could have gotten originally. Alternatively, some people have an exaggerated opinion when they put a value on their home, by getting an appraisal it helped them to to set a more reasonable price their home in order for it to sell quickly rather than sitting on the market for months. Selling too high will not attract buyers, which means no offers and no closing, wasting valuable time, money, and efforts.

We also help agents price homes

You might have an extremely skilled agent but it's definitely a good idea to get of value prior to signing a listing agreement. And that's where Koller Appraisals comes in. An appraisal can be indispensable in this scenario. It will give both you and your agent a comprehensive description of your property and its features and give you insight into the health of the local real estate market with a record of recent comparable properties in the area.

A resource for for local real estate knowledge

Not sure if you need an entire appraisal but still need some information about how real estate is doing in your area? If you feel like you don't need an "appraisal" but you still want assistance analyzing local sales and property data. We can be a resource for your real estate dilemmas with services especially tailored for customers with your real estate needs.

When you order an appraisal report from us, you can expect....

Immediate response to your initial inquiry: We will provide you with personalized information for your particular appraisal need. We'll be delighted to give you suggestions, just let us know what your situation is
Fast turnarounds on appraisals: Typically one week or less from the date the request is received, you'll have a PDF of the report in your e-mail inbox.
Appraisal and consulting report arrangements that suit YOUR needs: We've preformed a large amount of assignments, and we know that when it comes real estateconsulting and appraising there is no typical or standard, "cookie cutter" assignment. We offer quite a few different of report types, and have a lot of experience at providing appraisals to clients that keep the industry jargon to a minimum in an easy to read format without a lot of industry jargon.
Any follow up questions? You can expect a prompt follow-up from Koller Appraisals, LLC: When we write reports, we make sure they are clearly written, easy to understand, and meet or exceed the Uniform Standards of Professional Practice that regulates the appraisal practice. Should you have any confusion regarding your appraisal, after you've read through the report, we suggest that you email or call us!