Listing at the right price is crucial and a professional appraisal from Martin & Associates will ensure you get it right.

Selling your home? You would be wise to invest in an appraisal. An appraisal doesn't cost that much and it pays in the long run! Unless the homeowner spends hours every week on real estate valuation, like an appraiser, it's hard for them to understand the nuances of local real estate values.

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

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

Appraisals are valuable tools for people selling without an agent

An increasing amount of VA homeowners are deciding 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, with minimal waiting and for top dollar, what you need is a skilled appraiser. You need objective opinions, it's very difficult 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 sensible asking price to attract more potential buyers, a professional appraisal can:

  • Be a very useful bargaining tool once you have a potential buyer
  • Impress buyers with written proof of the interior and exterior condition of your home
  • Call attention to any issues and get rid of any last-minute repair hassles that might delay a closing
  • Help lower the odds of unrevealed problems that cause sales to go up in smoke

People are surprised when they find out their home's value is higher than they first thought. So by taking the first step and spending a little on an appraisal provided the data to support a sale for thousands more than they originally thought. Others have an an inflated opinion when they put a value on their home, and an appraisal gave then the assistance they needed in order to realistically price their home in order for it to sell quickly instead of waiting on the market for months. Selling too high rarely attracts buyers, reducing your offers, making closing more difficult, wasting valuable time, money, and efforts.

We also help agents price homes in Henrico County

You may have a highly skillful agent but it's definitely a good idea to have an unbiased second opinion of your home's value to finalizing a listing agreement. And that's where Martin & Associates comes in. We can furnish 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 analysis of the most recent and similar comparable sales or as they're commonly called, "comps".

Martin & Associates also offer general consulting

Have you decided against a full appraisal but would like some information about how real estate is doing in your area? If you feel like you don't need an "appraisal" but you require assistance collecting local sales and property data. We can help solve your real estate dilemmas with services especially designed for customers with your real estate needs.

After you order an appraisal report from , you can expect....

  • Prompt response to your initial inquiry: We will give you information tailored for your individual appraisal need. Just explain your situation and we will make suggestions.
  • Fast turnarounds on appraisals: Usually one week or less from the date the request is received, we can have a copy, in PDF of the report in your e-mail inbox.
  • Consulting and Appraisal report arrangements that suit YOUR needs: We've preformed a large amount of assignments, and we understand that when it comes real estateappraising there isn't a typical or standard, "generic" report. We provide many different of types of reports, and are familiar 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.
  • Fast to follow-up questions: Reports we create are written in plain English, comprehensible to people outside the real estate industry, and adhere to the Uniform Standards of Professional Practice that moderates the appraisal practice. If you have any inquiries about your appraisal, after you've read through the report, just give us a call or email us!