Appraisal services for home sellers - Westervelt Realty Advisors, LLC

Getting an appraisal from Westervelt Realty Advisors, LLC before putting your Chesterfield County home on the market saves you time and money.

If you're going to sell your home, you should seriously consider a professional appraisal. Don't think of a professional appraisal as costing money; it pays in the long run! Unless a homeowner makes a career out of studying real estate values, like an appraiser, it's practically impossible for them to fully grasp 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. Instead, a appraisal provides a professional opinion on how much your home will bring on the open market.

Need help setting a price when selling yourself?

An increasing amount of VA homeowners are making the decision 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 to get the most you can, what you need is a skilled appraiser. It can be very difficult to get objective opinions, 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 explain to you what you need to know, not just what you want to hear.

In addition to helping you set a realistic selling price so your home will attract buyers, a professional appraisal can:

Be a very valuable negotiating tool once you have a potential buyer
Put buyers at ease with written proof of the condition of your home's interior and exterior
Call attention to any issues and get rid of any overlooked repairs hassles that might delay a closing
Lower the odds of unknown problems that cause sales to backslide

It can be surprising to people to discover their home's value is more than they originally believed. So investing in a professional appraisal allowed them to receive several thousand more than they originally thought. Alternatively, some people have an inflated impression when they put a value on 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 rather than sitting on the market for months. Selling too high rarely attracts buyers, which means no offers and no closing, which can waste your valuable time and drain your resources while getting nothing done

We also help agents price homes in Chesterfield County

Even if you're working with an extremely talented agent, it's definitely a good idea to get an unbiased second opinion of value prior to finalizing a listing agreement. Let Westervelt Realty Advisors, LLC help. We can furnish you with a pre-listing appraisal that will let you and your agent have a definitive writeup of your home's characteristics and a detailed breakdown of the latest and similar comparable sales or as they're commonly called, "comps".

Serving Richmond with unsurpassed real estate consulting services

Don't need an entire appraisal but are looking for information about how the real estate market is doing in your area? You might feel like you don't need an "appraisal" but you still want some help gathering local sales and property data. We have services tailored for the needs of consumers like you to help with your real estate decisions.

After you order an appraisal report through , you can expect....

Fast response to your initial inquiry: We tailor information to the needs of our clients Just let us know your situation and we will make suggestions.
Fast turnarounds on appraisals: Usually one week 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 formats that suit YOUR needs: We've worked on quite a few of assignments, and we understand that when providing real estateconsulting and appraising there isn't a typical or standard, "cookie cutter" report. We offer quite a few different of report types, and are experienced 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.
Any follow up questions? You can expect a quick follow-up from Westervelt Realty Advisors, LLC: Documents we deliver are written in plain English, comprehensible to people outside the real estate industry, and adhere to 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, just give us a call or email us!