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

If you're planning on selling your home soon, an appraisal is a must. Don't think of a professional appraisal as costing money; it's worth the money in the long run! Unless a homeowner spends hours every week on real estate valuation, like an appraiser, it's difficult for them to understand real estate market forces.

We are not talking about the costs of purchasing and upgrading your home, or the amount you need to get for it. Instead, the appraisal measures the true market value of your home.

Contact us for information regarding services specialized for home sellers.

For Sale By Owner?

An increasing amount of California 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, quickly and for top dollar, what you need is a professional appraisal. You need objective opinions, we're human too, we understand its difficult hard to take an objective look at 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:

  • Allow you to have the edge while negotiating once you have a potential buyer
  • Put buyers at ease with written proof of your home's condition inside and out
  • Call attention to any problems and get rid of any last-minute repair hassles that might stall a closing
  • Help lower the chances of hidden problems that cause sales to backslide

People are surprised when they find out that the value of their home is much more than they thought. So by taking the first step and investing in a professional appraisal allowed them to get thousands more than they thought they would get. Others have an an overestimated opinion of the value of their home, and an appraisal gave then the assistance they needed in order to set a more reasonable price their home allowing them to quickly sell it instead of sitting on the market for months. An overpriced home rarely attracts buyers, which means no offers and no closing, wasting valuable time, money, and efforts.

Pre-listing appraisals in Los Angeles County

You may have an extremely experienced agent but it's in your best interest to get an objective third-party's opinion of your home's value to finalizing a listing agreement. And that's where City Appraisal - Long Beach comes in. We can provide you with a pre-listing appraisal that will let you and your agent have a definitive writeup of your home's characteristics and a detailed breakdown of the latest and similar comparable sales which we typically refer to as "comps" in the appraisal industry.

Consulting services for California Sellers: Put a local expert at your disposal

Have you decided against a full appraisal but are looking for information about how the real estate market is doing in your area? If you feel like you don't need an "appraisal" but you need some help analyzing local property and sales data. We can help solve your real estate dilemmas with services especially tailored for clients with your real estate needs.

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

  • Prompt response to your initial inquiry: We will give you personalized information for your individual appraisal need. We'll be delighted to offer suggestions, just tell us what your situation is
  • Fast turnarounds for appraisals: Usually one week or less from the date we receive the request, 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 lot of assignments, and we know that practice of real estateconsulting and appraising there isn't a typical or standard, "cookie cutter" assignment. We provide quite a few different of report types, and have a lot of experience 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.
  • Any follow up questions? You can expect a fast follow-up from City Appraisal - Long Beach: Reports we write are clearly written, simple to understand, and meet or exceed the Uniform Standards of Professional Practice that governs the appraisal practice. If you have any confusion dealing your appraisal, after you've read through the report, we encourage you to email or call us!