Putting a house on the market in or near Hidalgo County? Contact Valley Appraisal Services and make sure you're setting the price 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's worth every penny in the long run! Unless a homeowner studies real estate values on a day to day basis, like a professional appraiser does, it's practically impossible for them to fully grasp their local real estate market.

It's tempting to want to base your home's value on how much you have invested in your home, or the amount you'd like to get for it. Rather, an appraisal assesses your home's market value. Technically, something is only going to sell for what another person is going to pay.

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

Going to sell your home yourself?

Quite a few Texas homeowners are choosing to sell their homes FSBO (For Sale By Owner) and foregoing the help of a real estate agent. But to do it right, with minimal waiting and to get the most you can, you need a professional appraisal. The best thing to have is an objective opinion, we're human too, we understand its difficult difficult 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.

In addition to helping you set a sensible asking price to attract more potential 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 the condition of your home inside and out
  • Make you aware of problems and get rid of any last-minute repair hassles that might delay a closing
  • Decrease the chances of unidentified problems that cause sales to backslide
People are surprised when they find out that their home's value is quite a bit more than they thought. So taking the first step and spending a little on a professional appraisal allowed them to receive thousands more than they originally expected. Others have an an overestimated assessment when they put a value on their home, 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 - rather than gathering dust on the market for months. Asking too much for a home will not attract buyers, which means no offers and no closing, wasting valuable time, money, and efforts.

Get a professional value opinion before listing

Even if you have a very skilled agent, it's in your best interest to have an analysis of your home's value before signing a listing contract. Let Valley Appraisal Services help. We can provide you with a pre-listing appraisal that will let you and your agent have a definitive description of your home's features and a detailed analysis of the most recent and similar comparable sales or as they're commonly called, "comps".

Serving Texas with unmatched real estate consulting services

If you feel like you don't need an "appraisal" but you need some help analyzing local property and sales data, we can provide assistance for your real estate quandaries with services especially tailored for clients with your real estate needs.

Here's what you can expect when you place an order for an appraisal through us...

  • We take great pride in making sure that when you send your initial inquiry, you get a immediate response: We tailor information to the needs of our clients. Just let us know your situation, and we will offer you suggestions.
  • Swift turnaround time: Usually one week or less from the date we receive the request, we can have a PDF of the report ready to download.
  • Consulting and appraisal report presentations that suit YOUR needs: We've worked on many of assignments, and we've learned that in the business of real estate appraising, there isn't a typical or standard "boiler place" assignment. We provide many different report types and have know how at providing appraisals to clients without a lot of the industry jargon and in an easy to digest format with consumers in mind.
  • Any follow up questions? You can expect a quick response from Valley Appraisal Services: Reports we create are written in plain English, comprehensible to people outside the real estate industry, and meet or exceed the Uniform Standards of Professional Practice that governs the appraisal practice. Should you have any questions about your appraisal once you've read the report, we suggest that you simply email or call us!