Getting an appraisal from Colby Dunagan Appraisals LLC before putting your San Antonio home on the market saves you time and money.

If you're going to sell your home, you should seriously consider a professional appraisal. 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 practically impossible for them to understand their local real estate market.

While important, an appraisal is not about the costs of purchasing and upgrading 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 details regarding the specific services for home sellers we offer.

Appraisals are valuable tools for families selling without an agent

Quite a few TX homeowners are choosing to sell their homes FSBO (For Sale By Owner) and foregoing the help of a real estate agent. But to do it right, with minimal waiting and for the best price, what you need is a skilled appraiser. The best thing to have is objective opinions, and we understand that it's hard to be objective about 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 asking price to attract more potential buyers, a professional appraisal can:

  • Give you an advantage while bargaining once you have a potential buyer
  • Impress buyers with written proof of the interior and exterior condition of your home
  • Make you aware of issues and get rid of any overlooked repairs hassles that might delay a closing
  • Prevent the possibility of unidentified problems that cause sales to flop

People are surprised when they find out the value of their home is more than they originally believed. So spending a little on an appraisal provided the data to support a sale for several thousand more than they could have gotten originally. Alternatively, some people have an exaggerated opinion when they put a value on their home, and an appraisal helped them to to set a more reasonable price their home allowing them to quickly sell it rather than gathering dust on the market for months. Selling too high rarely attracts buyers, reducing your offers, making closing more difficult, wasting valuable time, money, and efforts.

Get a professional value opinion before listing

You may have a very skillful agent but it's definitely a good idea to have an objective third-party's opinion of value prior to finalizing a listing agreement. Let Colby Dunagan Appraisals LLC help. An appraisal can be extremely helpful in this scenario. It will give both you and your agent a detailed breakdown for your property and its features and give you insight into how the local real estate market is performing with a record of the latest comparable properties in the area.

Sometimes it's useful to have a general resource for local real estate knowledge

Not wanting to get an entire appraisal but would like some information about the health of your area's real estate? You might feel like an appraisal is not necessary but you need assistance analyzing local sales and property data. We offer services designed for the needs of clients like you to assist with your real estate decisions.

Here's what to expect when you order an appraisal from us....

  • Fast response to your initial inquiry: We tailor information to the needs of our customers We'll be delighted to give you suggestions, just tell us what your situation is
  • Swift turnaround time: Usually 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 formats to suit YOUR needs: When dealing with appraisal and consulting, "One size does NOT fit all." We provide many different of types of reports, and are skillful at providing appraisals to consumers that keep the industry jargon to a minimum so that you don't have to be qualified loan officer to read it.
  • Quick 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 adhere to the Uniform Standards of Professional Practice that moderates the appraisal practice. If you have any questions about your appraisal, once you've read the report, we suggest that you email or call us!