Selling your home in or near Monmouth County? Contact Jeffrey Smith and make sure you're setting the price right.

If you're planning on selling your home soon, a professional appraisal is absolutely necessary. Don't think of a professional appraisal as costing money; it's worth the money in the long run! Unless a homeowner makes a career out of studying real estate values, like an appraiser, it's hard for them to understand the nuances of local real estate values.

While important, an appraisal is not about how much you've spent buying and improving your home, or how much you want for it. Rather, an appraisal assesses your home's market value.

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

For Sale By Owner?

More and more NJ 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, with minimal waiting and to get the most you can, what you need is a professional appraisal. The best thing to have is 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 will getting a professional appraisal help you set a sensible selling price so your home will attract buyers, a professional appraisal can:

  • Give you an advantage while bargaining once you have a potential buyer
  • Impress buyers with written proof of the condition of your home's interior and exterior
  • Alert you of issues and get rid of any overlooked repairs hassles that might stall a closing
  • Help lower the chances of unrevealed problems that cause sales to flop

People are surprised to discover the value of their home is higher than they first thought. So by taking the first step and spending a little on an appraisal provided the data to support a sale for several thousand more than they thought they would get. Alternatively, some people have an inflated opinion of the value of their home, by getting an appraisal it helped them to to realistically price their home allowing them to quickly sell it rather than waiting on the market for months. Selling too high will not attract buyers, reducing your offers, making closing more difficult, wasting valuable time, money, and efforts.

Pre-listing appraisals in Monmouth County

You may have a very skillful agent but it's in your best interest to get an objective third-party's opinion of value prior to signing a listing agreement. Jeffrey Smith can help. An appraisal can be invaluable in this scenario. You and agent will get a comprehensive description of the unique features of your property which will give you insight into the health of the local real estate market with a record of recent comparable properties in the area.

Consulting services for HOWELL Sellers: Keep a local expert at your disposal

Not wanting to get an entire appraisal but still need some information about how the real estate market is doing in your area? If you feel like you don't need an "appraisal" but you'd still like assistance analyzing local sales and property data. We have services tailored for the needs of clients like you to assist with your real estate decisions.

After you order an appraisal report through us, you can expect....

  • Fast response to your initial inquiry: We will give you personalized information for your individual appraisal need. Just tell us your situation and we will make suggestions.
  • Quick turnaround time: Typically in a weeks time or less from the date we receive the request, we can have a copy, in PDF of the report in your e-mail inbox.
  • Appraisal and consulting report formats to suit YOUR needs: We've preformed many of assignments, and we know that in the art of real estateappraising it's naive to think there's a typical or standard, "boiler place" assignment. We provide quite a few different of types of reports, and are skillful at providing appraisals to clients minus the 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 Jeffrey Smith: When we write reports, we make sure they are clearly written, easy to understand, and meet or exceed the Uniform Standards of Professional Practice that regulates the appraisal practice. If you have any inquiries dealing your appraisal, after you've read through the report, just give us a call or email us!