Listing at the right price is crucial and a professional appraisal from JW Appraisal will ensure you get it right.

If you're planning on selling your home soon, a professional appraisal is a step in the right direction. Don't think of an appraisal as purely an expense; it pays in the long run! Unless a homeowner studies real estate values on a day to day basis, like an appraiser, it's practically impossible for them to understand local real estate values.

We are not talking about how much you've spent buying and improving your home, or how much you want for it. You see, the appraisal measures how much your home will bring on the open market. Something is only worth what another person is offering to give you.

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

Going to sell your home yourself?

Quite a few Texas 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, quickly and for the best price, what you need is a qualified appraiser. It can be very difficult to get an objective opinion, we're human too, we understand its difficult hard to take an objective look at 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.

Not only can getting a professional appraisal help you set a sound asking price to attract more potential 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
  • Call attention to any problems and eliminate last-minute repair hassles that might delay a closing
  • Decrease the chances of unidentified problems that cause sales to deteriorate
People are surprised to discover the value of their home is higher than they first thought. So investing in an appraisal provided the data to support a sale for several thousand more than they expected they would get. Alternatively, some people have an inflated impression of their home's value, and an appraisal helped them to to set a more reasonable price for their home - allowing them to quickly sell it - rather than gathering dust on the market for months. Asking too much for a home causes buyers to back off, reducing your offers, making closing more difficult, wasting your valuable time and draining your resources while getting nothing done.

We also help agents price homes in Travis County

Even if you have an extremely talented agent, it's in your best interest to have an unbiased second opinion of your home's value before signing a listing agreement. And that's where JW Appraisal comes in. An appraisal can be invaluable in a scenario like this. It will give both you and your agent a comprehensive description of your property and its features which will give you insight into the health of the local real estate market with a record of the latest comparable properties in the area.

JW Appraisal is available for general consulting

You might feel like you don't need an "appraisal" but you still want assistance collecting local sales and property data. We can provide assistance for your real estate quandaries with services especially tailored for consumers with your real estate needs.

If you're wondering what you'll be getting from us when you order an appraisal just take a look....

  • Fast response to your initial inquiry: We will give you personalized information for your particular appraisal need. We'll be more then happy to offer suggestions - just let us know what your situation is.
  • Swift turnaround time: Usually one week or less from the date the request is received, we can have a PDF ready for you to download from our site or in your e-mail.
  • Consulting and appraisal report presentations that suit YOUR needs: We've done a lot of assignments, and we've learned that in the practice of real estate consulting and appraising, it's naive to think there's a typical or standard "boiler place" assignment. We offer quite a few different report types and have know how at providing appraisals to consumers that keep the industry jargon to a minimum so that you don't have to be real estate attorney to understand it.
  • Any follow up questions? You can expect a quick response from JW 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 adhere to the Uniform Standards of Professional Practice that regulates the appraisal practice. Should you have any questions concerning your appraisal once you've read through the report, just give us a call or email us!