Selling your home in or near Cortland County? Contact Bear Rock Appraisal and make sure you're setting the price right.

If you're planning on selling your home soon, a professional appraisal is a must. Don't think of a professional appraisal as costing money; it pays you in the long run! Unless a homeowner studies real estate values on a day to day basis, like an appraiser, it's difficult for them to understand real estate market forces.

We are not talking about how much you have invested in your home, or the amount you need to get for it. Instead, the appraisal measures your home's market value.

Contact us for information regarding our specialized services for home sellers.

Appraisals are valuable tools for homeowners selling without an agent

More and more NY homeowners are making the decision to sell their homes FSBO (For Sale By Owner) and foregoing the help of a real estate agent. But to do it right, quickly and to get the most you can, you need a professional appraisal. The best thing to have is objective opinions, and we understand that it can be very difficult 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 astute selling price so your home will attract buyers, a professional appraisal can:

  • Be a very helpful bargaining tool while speaking with a potential buyer
  • Put buyers at ease with written proof of your home's condition inside and out
  • Make you aware of problems and get rid of any last-minute repair hassles that might delay a closing
  • Decrease the odds of unknown problems that cause sales to flop

It can be surprising to people when they find out that their home's value is more than they originally believed. So by taking the first step and spending a little on a professional appraisal allowed them to get thousands more than they could have gotten originally. Alternatively, some people have an overestimated opinion of the value of their home, and an appraisal gave then the assistance they needed in order to realistically price their home allowing them to quickly sell it instead of gathering dust on the market for months. An overpriced home rarely attracts buyers, reducing your offers, making closing more difficult, wasting valuable time, money, and efforts.

We also help agents price homes in Cortland County

You might have an extremely talented agent but it's in your best interest to get of value prior to finalizing a listing agreement. And that's where Bear Rock Appraisal comes in. We can provide you with a pre-listing appraisal that will let you and your agent have a precise summarizing of your home's features and a detailed breakdown of the latest and similar comparable sales which we typically refer to as "comps" in the appraisal industry.

Consulting services for Cortland County Sellers: Have a local expert at your disposal

Have you decided against an entire appraisal but are looking for information about how the real estate market is doing in your area? Maybe you feel like an appraisal is not necessary but you need some help gathering local property and sales data. We can provide assistance for your real estate concerns with services especially tailored for clients with your real estate needs.

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

  • Prompt response to your initial inquiry: We tailor information to the needs of our clients Just explain your situation and we will make suggestions.
  • Swift turnaround time: Usually in a weeks time or less from the date we receive the request, you'll have a copy, in PDF of the report in your e-mail inbox.
  • Consulting and Appraisal report arrangements that suit YOUR needs: We've preformed a large amount of assignments, and we've learned that practice of real estateconsulting and appraising there isn't a typical or standard, "generic" assignment. We provide quite a few different of report types, and have know how at providing appraisals to clients without so much of industry jargon 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 Bear Rock Appraisal: When we deliver a report to our clients, we make sure they are clearly written, comprehensible to people outside the real estate industry, and meet or exceed the Uniform Standards of Professional Practice that regulates the appraisal practice. If you have any questions about your appraisal, after you've read through the report, feel free to give us a call or email us!