Appraisal services for home sellers - Kornerstone Associates, Inc.

Putting a house on the market in or near Kennebec County? Contact Kornerstone Associates, Inc. and make sure you're setting the price right.

Selling your home? You would be wise to invest in a professional appraisal. Don't think of a professional appraisal as costing money; it pays you in the long run! Unless the homeowner spends hours every week on real estate valuation, like a professional appraiser does, it's hard for them to understand the nuances of real estate market forces.

We are not talking about the costs of purchasing and upgrading your home, or how much you want to sell it for. Rather, the appraisal measures how much your home will bring on the open market.

Need help setting a price when selling yourself?

Quite a few ME homeowners are deciding 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 to get the most you can, what you need is a qualified appraiser. You need objective opinions, it can be very difficult to take an objective look at own home because of your emotional attachment to it. We will explain to you what you need to know, not just what you want to hear.

Not only will getting a professional appraisal help you set a sensible selling price so your home will attract buyers, a professional appraisal can:

Be a very useful bargaining tool once you have a potential buyer
Impress buyers with written proof of the condition of your home inside and out
Call attention to any issues and get rid of any overlooked repairs hassles that might delay a closing
Decrease the chances of unrevealed problems that cause sales to flop

Folks are sometimes surprised to discover the value of their home is more than they originally believed. So by taking the first step and investing in an appraisal provided the data to support a sale for several thousand more than they could have gotten originally. Others have an an inflated impression of the value of their home, by getting an appraisal it helped them to to set a more reasonable price their home in order for it to sell quickly instead of sitting on the market for months. An overpriced home will not attract buyers, which means no offers and no closing, wasting valuable time, money, and efforts.

Pre-listing appraisals in Kennebec County

You may have an extremely experienced agent but it's definitely a good idea to have an objective third-party's opinion of your home's value to signing a listing agreement. And that's where Kornerstone Associates, Inc. comes in. An appraisal can be indispensable in this scenario. It will give both you and your agent a complete description of the unique features of your property which will give you insight into the health of the local real estate market with a detailed analysis of the latest comparable properties in the area.

We also provide general consulting

Not wanting to get a full appraisal but are looking for information about the real estate market in your area? Maybe you feel like an appraisal is not necessary but you'd still like some help gathering local sales and property data. We can provide assistance for your real estate concerns with services especially tailored for consumers with your real estate needs.

After you order an appraisal report from , expect the following....

Fast response to your initial inquiry: We tailor information to the needs of our customers We'll be delighted to give you suggestions, just let us know what your situation is
Swift turnarounds on appraisals: Typically one week or less from the date the request is received, we can have a PDF of the report in your e-mail inbox.
Appraisal and consulting report arrangements that suit YOUR needs: We've preformed lots of assignments, and we've learned that in the business of real estateappraising it's naive to think there's a typical or standard, "generic" report. We offer quite a few different of report types, and have a lot of experience at providing appraisals to consumers that keep the industry jargon to a minimum so that you don't have to be qualified loan officer to read it.
Prompt reply to follow-up questions: Documents we deliver 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. If you have any questions dealing your appraisal, after you've read the report, we suggest that you email or call us!