Getting an appraisal from Brooks Galloway Real Estate & Auction Company before putting your Orange County home on the market saves you time and money.

Selling your home? You would be wise to invest in an appraisal. An appraisal doesn't cost that much and it pays you in the long run! Unless a homeowner makes a career out of studying real estate values, like a professional appraiser does, it's difficult for them to understand the nuances of their local real estate market.

You're probably, as a homeowner, thinking about the costs of purchasing and upgrading your home, or how much you want for it. Rather, an appraisal assesses how much your home will bring on the open market. Once you break it all down, at the end of the day, your house is only worth what another person is offering to give you.


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

Need help setting a price when selling yourself?

An increasing amount of Indiana homeowners are making the decision 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 the best price, what you need is a skilled appraiser. It can be very difficult to get an objective opinion, it's very hard to be objective about your 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 sound asking price so your home will attract buyers, a professional appraisal can:

Allow you to have the edge while negotiating 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 problems and eliminate last-minute repair hassles that might delay a closing
Help prevent the chances of unidentified problems that cause sales to backslide

It can be surprising to people to discover their home's value is much more than they thought. So investing in an appraisal provided the data to support a sale for thousands more than they thought they would get. Others have an an exaggerated opinion of their home's value, and by getting an appraisal it helped them to to set a more reasonable price for their home in order for it to sell quickly - instead of waiting on the market for months. An overpriced home causes buyers to back off, which means no offers and no closing, wasting valuable time, money, and efforts.

Pre-listing appraisals in Orange County

You may have an extremely talented agent, but it's definitely a good idea to get an analysis of value prior to finalizing a listing contract. Let Brooks Galloway Real Estate & Auction Company help. We can furnish you with a pre-listing appraisal that will let you and your agent have a precise writeup of your home's characteristics and a detailed analysis of the the newest and similar comparable sales or as they're commonly called, "comps".

Sometimes it's useful to have a general resource for local real estate knowledge

Not sure if you need an entire appraisal but are looking for information about how Orange real estate is doing in your area? We offer services tailored especially for clients like you to help with your real estate decisions.

After you order an appraisal report through us, expect the following....

Prompt response to your initial inquiry: We personalize information to the needs of our customers. Just explain your situation, and we will provide suggestions.
Swift turnaround time: Typically in a week's time or less from the date the request is received, you'll have a PDF of the report ready to download.
Appraisal and consulting report formats to suit YOUR needs: We've worked on a large amount of assignments, and we understand that in the art of real estate consulting and appraising, there is no typical or standard "boiler place" assignment. We provide a lot of different types of reports and are experts at providing appraisals to clients without a lot of the industry jargon so that you don't have to be real estate attorney to understand it.
Quick to follow-up questions: When we create reports, we make sure they are clearly written, understandable, and meet or exceed the Uniform Standards of Professional Practice that regulates the appraisal practice. If you have any confusion about your appraisal once you've read through the report, we encourage you to email or call us!