Appraisal services for home sellers - Viking Appraisals, Inc.

Listing at the right price is crucial and a professional appraisal from Viking Appraisals will ensure you get it right.

If you're planning on selling your home soon, a professional appraisal is absolutely necessary. An appraisal doesn't cost that much and it pays you 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 local real estate values.

While important, an appraisal is not about how much you have invested in your home, or how much you want for it. Rather, the appraisal measures how much your home will bring on the open market.

Going to sell your home yourself?

More and more FL homeowners are deciding 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. The best thing to have is objective opinions, and we understand that it can be very 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.

Not only can getting a professional appraisal help you set a realistic asking price to attract more potential buyers, a professional appraisal can:

Give you an advantage while bargaining while speaking with a potential buyer
Put buyers at ease with written proof of the condition of your home inside and out
Make you aware of issues and eliminate overlooked repairs hassles that might hold-up a closing
Prevent the odds of unrevealed problems that cause sales to backslide

It can be surprising to people to discover the value of their home is more than they originally believed. So investing in a professional appraisal allowed them to get thousands more than they expected they would get. Others have an an exaggerated impression when they put a value on their home, and an appraisal gave then 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. Selling too high rarely attracts buyers, which means no offers and no closing, wasting valuable time, money, and efforts.

Pre-listing appraisals in Lee County

Even if you're working with a very skilled agent, it's definitely a good idea to get of value prior to signing a listing agreement. And that's where Viking Appraisals comes in. We can provide you with a pre-listing appraisal so both you and your agent have a definitive writeup of your home's features and a detailed breakdown of the newest and similar comparable sales or as they're commonly called, "comps".

We also provide general consulting

Don't need an entire appraisal but are looking for information about how real estate is doing in your area? If you feel like you don't need an "appraisal" but you need assistance gathering local sales and property data. We can help solve your real estate decisions with services especially designed for customers with your real estate needs.

This is a little bit of what you can expect when you place an order for an appraisal from us....

Immediate response to your initial inquiry: We personalize information to the needs of our customers Just let us know your situation and offer you suggestions.
Quick turnaround time: Usually one week or less from the date the request is received, you'll have a copy, in PDF of the report in your e-mail inbox.
Consulting and Appraisal report arrangements to suit YOUR needs: We've preformed quite a few of assignments, and we've learned that in the art of real estateappraising there is no typical or standard, "boiler place" report. We offer a variety of types of reports, and are familiar at providing appraisals to consumers minus the so that you don't have to be qualified loan officer to read it.
Fast to follow-up questions: When we deliver a report to our clients, we make sure they are written in plain English, simple to understand, and adhere to the Uniform Standards of Professional Practice that regulates the appraisal practice. Should you have any confusion regarding your appraisal, after you've read through the report, we suggest that you email or call us!