Pre-Listing Appraisal Services from Luke Calamari Appraisal Services

Avoid having your home on the market too long or selling yourself short by getting an appraisal to demonstrate the right listing price.

A lot of sellers are shocked when they find out that the market value of their house is a lot more than they'd planned, so investing in a professional appraisal from us actually allowed them to get several thousand dollars over what they thought they'd get for their home. There are also plenty of home sellers who think their home is worth a lot more than it really is, and an appraisal helped them to decide on a realistic price for their home in order for it to sell. Overpriced homes will not attract potential buyers, which means no offers and no closing and that you have wasted valuable time, money, and efforts. Each month that your home is still on the market is another month you have to pay its mortgage. And you're stuck paying the mortgage while your property sits on the market.

With today's adapting market conditions, you should definitely appoint a licensed appraiser to get a sharp listing price for your home.

Working with an agent to sell your property? More than likely, you can expect them to give you a comparative market analysis (or CMA) that includes selected sales houses in your town. It's a good starting point in deciding your home's listing price. If you're going to minimize the house's time on the market and maximize your profit, this is a really important step.

Even if you're working with the most experienced real estate agent, it's definitely in your best interest to also have a third-party's objective opinion of value prior to signing a Listing Agreement.

That's where we come in! We'll perform a pre-listing appraisal so you and your agent both have a detailed analysis of the most recent and similar comparable sales and an accurate description of your home's features.

Luke Calamari Appraisal Services can help you decide on a realistic selling price so your house will appeal to buyers, and we can also:

Provide expert tips to help you negotiate once you find an interested buyer
Provide written proof of your home's condition inside and out to impress potential buyers
Make you aware of problems and eliminate repair hassles at the eleventh hour
Decrease the chances of unexpected problems that cause the process to deteriorate
Do away with waiting for the buyer's appraisal to have confidence the sale will go through.

Improvements to add value to your home

There are so many important questions to ask yourself prior to listing your property There are many important questions to ask yourself prior to listing your home -- and Luke Calamari Appraisal Services can help with that. Questions like "Should we paint the outside of the house before we sell it?", "Would it help to put in that third bathroom?", "Do I need to finish my kitchen remodel?" Everything we do to our houses have an effect on their value. But not everything will have an equal affect. While a kitchen remodel may improve your home's appeal, it might not add nearly enough to the value to justify the expenses.

Luke Calamari Appraisal Services can help you with these decisions. Unlike a real estate agent, an appraiser has no vested interest in what amount the house sells for. Your fee to us is based on efforts to finalize the report, and not a percentage of the sales price. An appraisal fee from Luke Calamari Appraisal Services is based on our efforts to finalize your report, and are not a percentage of your home's sale price. Our fees are not a percentage of the sales price — our fees are based on efforts to finalize the report. A professional appraisal from Luke Calamari Appraisal Services helps homeowners make the decisions on investing in their home and settling on a fair sale price.