Need an appraisal?

Check out the top 7 reasons homeowners hire Advanced Appraising, Ltd:

Find the right listing price (whether you're using an agent or selling the home on your own)
To challenge a property tax assessment
To reduce your mortgage payment by removing PMI
Reinstate their Home Equity Line of Credit (HELOC)
To review a different appraiser's report for verification
In the case of a divorce, when property needs to be divided
Determine the true market value of real estate in question to settle an estate

Need help determining the value of your house?
Contact Advanced Appraising, Ltd.

We at Advanced Appraising, Ltd understand the particular needs of a customer in need of appraisal services. While our usual clients understand the appraisal process and standard reporting formats, you as a consumer will get an extra level of customer service in the form of an explanation of the process and even special consumer-friendly reporting forms if the assignment allows for them.

Pre-listing Services/For Sale By Owner (FSBO)

It's very hard to be objective about your house because of your emotional attachment to it. Our professional appraisers at Advanced Appraising, Ltd are objective. We won't just tell you what you want to hear, we'll tell you what you need to know. In addition to helping you set a realistic price to sell at so your home will attract interested buyers, a professional appraisal is very crucial as a negotiating tool once you have a likely buyer. It gives you something tangible to show the buyer. The appraisal is an independent third party's opinion of your home's value, not just how much you think your home is worth. Interested buyers assume that you have an emotional attachment to your house and will be much more likely to give credibility to a qualified appraiser's value judgement than yours.

Need to remove PMI?

PMI stands for Private Mortgage Insurance. An attractive way to save money for homeowners is getting the PMI removed from their mortgage loan, thus saving them money on their monthly payments. Your monthly payments will go down once your mortgage loan is less than 80% of the value of your house. In most cases you can apply to a lender to have the PMI removed from your loan. At Advanced Appraising, Ltd, we're seasoned in helping consumers just like you abolish unneeded and unwanted PMI insurance.

Challenging property tax assessments

If you live in a region that is going down or is not appreciating as much as other homes close to yours, your local tax assessor may have your home overvalued. That means you are going to pay more taxes than you should. The earlier you take care of things like this, the better off you'll be, since your property assessment may likely go up again in the next period. When challenging your property tax assessment, getting an expert appraisal from Advanced Appraising, Ltd is your strongest weapon.

HELOC recently frozen?

Your lender might choose to automatically freeze your home equity line of credit (HELOC) if your house is close to a declining area -- even if your specific property has not declined in value. This can be be unfavorable to your credit score since it may appear as though that credit line is maxed out, and also difficult from a cash flow point of view. Advanced Appraising, Ltd can help you reinstate your home equity line of credit with an expert appraisal.

Field and Desktop Appraisal Review Services

Do you need a seasoned expert to double-check your appraisal for accuracy, or do you need a second opinion without the cost and delay of waiting for a whole new appraisal? An appraiser from Advanced Appraising, Ltd can go out and check the subject and comps in a field review. If you need it immediately, we'll provide you with a desk review and verify as many facts as we can using online data sources as well as our own files.

We can also provide a retrospective review of any appraisal you may have had in the past. While typically requested by banks, you may desire to take advantage of this service if you suspect mortgage fraud related to your home.