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 going to sell your home, you should seriously consider a professional appraisal. An appraisal doesn't cost that much and it pays you in the long run! Unless the homeowner makes a career out of studying real estate values, like a professional appraiser does, it's hard for them to fully grasp their local real estate market.

This isn't a discussion of how much you have invested in your home, or the amount you'd like to get for it. Rather, a appraisal provides a professional opinion on how much your home will bring on the open market.

Contact us for details regarding services specialized for home sellers.

Need help setting a price when selling yourself?

More and more California homeowners are deciding to sell their homes FSBO (For Sale By Owner) and foregoing the help of a real estate agent. But if you're going to do it right, quickly and for the best price, what you need is a professional appraisal. You need objective opinions, it's very hard to be objective about your own home because of your emotional attachment to it. We will tell you what you need to know, not just what you want to hear.

Not only can getting a professional appraisal help you set a realistic selling price so your home will attract buyers, a professional appraisal can:

  • Be a very valuable negotiating tool while speaking with a potential buyer
  • Put buyers at ease with written proof of the condition of your home inside and out
  • Alert you of problems and get rid of any last-minute repair hassles that might delay a closing
  • Help decrease the odds of unidentified problems that cause sales to deteriorate

It can be surprising to people to discover their home's value is more than they originally believed. So investing in an appraisal allowed them to get several thousand more than they could have gotten originally. Others have an an overestimated opinion of their home's value, by getting an appraisal it gave then the assistance they needed in order to set a more reasonable price their home in order for it to sell quickly rather than gathering dust on the market for months. Selling too high rarely attracts buyers, which means no offers and no closing, which can waste your valuable time and drain your resources while getting nothing done

Pre-listing appraisals in Los Angeles County

Even if you have with a very skilled agent, it's definitely a good idea to get an unbiased second opinion of value prior to signing a listing agreement. City Appraisal - Long Beach can help. An appraisal can be indispensable in a scenario like this. You and agent will get a comprehensive description of the unique features of your property and give you insight into the health of the local real estate market with a record of the latest comparable properties in the area.

We also are available for general consulting

Not sure if you need an entire appraisal but are looking for information about how real estate is doing in your area? Maybe you feel like an appraisal is not necessary but you'd still like some help gathering local sales and property data. We offer services designed especially for clients like you to help with your real estate decisions.

If your wondering what you can expect from when ordering an appraisal just take a look....

  • We take great pride in making sure that when you send your initial inquiry, you get a response ASAP: We will provide you with personalized information for your individual appraisal need. We'll be thrilled to give you suggestions, just let us know what your situation is
  • Fast turnarounds for appraisals: Normally one week or less from the date we receive the request, we can have a copy, in PDF of the report in your e-mail inbox.
  • Consulting and Appraisal report arrangements to suit YOUR needs: We've worked on quite a few of assignments, and we know that in the art of real estateconsulting and appraising there is no typical or standard, "boiler place" report. We provide quite a few different of report types, and have know how at providing appraisals to clients 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 quick follow-up from City Appraisal - Long Beach: Our reports are written in plain English, easy to understand, and adhere to the Uniform Standards of Professional Practice that regulates the appraisal practice. If you have any questions dealing your appraisal, after you've read the report, we suggest that you email or call us!