Listing at the right price is crucial and a professional appraisal from Tri-County Appraisal will ensure you get it right.

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 the homeowner spends hours every week on real estate valuation, like an appraiser, it's hard for them to get a handle on their local real estate market.

You could be focused on the costs of purchasing and upgrading your home, or the amount you need to get for it. You see, the appraisal measures how much your home will bring on the open market. A home is only going to sell for the price another person is offering to give you.

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

Selling yourself instead of using a real estate agent and need help with pricing?

An increasing amount of New York homeowners are choosing to sell their homes FSBO (For Sale By Owner) and foregoing the assistance of a real estate agent. But to do it right, quickly and for the best price, you need a professional appraisal. It can be very difficult to get an objective opinion, it can be very difficult to take an objective look at 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.

In addition to helping you set a realistic asking price to attract more potential buyers, a professional appraisal can:
  • Be a very useful negotiating tool while speaking with a potential buyer
  • Put buyers at ease with written proof of the interior and exterior condition of your home
  • Make you aware of problems and get rid of any last-minute repair hassles that might hold-up a closing
  • Help decrease the possibility of unidentified problems that cause sales to fall through
Folks are sometimes surprised to discover the value of their home is more than they originally believed. So taking the first step and investing in an appraisal allowed them to receive several thousand more than they originally expected. Alternatively, some people have an overestimated assessment when they put a value on their home, and an appraisal gave them the assistance they needed in order to realistically price their home - allowing them to quickly sell it - rather than sitting on the market for months. Asking too much for a home causes buyers to back off, reducing your offers, making closing more difficult, wasting your valuable time and draining your resources while your home sits on the market.

Pre-listing appraisals in Jefferson County

Even if you have an extremely talented agent, it's in your best interest to have an objective third-party's opinion of your home's value before finalizing a listing contract. And that's where Tri-County Appraisal comes in. We can furnish you with a pre-listing appraisal so both you and your agent have a precise summarizing of your home's characteristics and a detailed analysis of the the newest and similar comparable sales which we typically refer to as "comps" in the appraisal industry.

Tri-County Appraisal offers general consulting

If you feel like you don't need an "appraisal" but you still want some help collecting local property and sales data, we offer services tailored for the needs of clients like you to help with your real estate decisions.

If you're wondering what to expect from us when ordering an appraisal just take a look....

  • Prompt response to your initial inquiry: We will provide you with personalized information for your individual appraisal need. Just explain your situation, and we will offer you suggestions.
  • Quick turnaround for appraisals: Usually one week or less from the date we receive the request, you'll have a PDF of the report ready to download.
  • Consulting and appraisal report presentations to suit YOUR needs: When dealing with appraisal and consulting, one size does NOT fit all. We offer quite a few different types of reports and have a lot of experience at providing appraisals to clients sans the industry jargon so that you don't have to be real estate attorney to understand it.
  • Any follow up questions? You can expect a quick response from Tri-County Appraisal: When we write reports, we make sure they are written in plain English, easy to understand, and meet or exceed the Uniform Standards of Professional Practice that governs the appraisal practice. If you have any questions concerning your appraisal after you've read the report, we encourage you to email or call us!