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

Selling your home? You would be wise to invest in an appraisal. Don't think of a professional appraisal as costing money; it's worth the money in the long run! Unless a homeowner studies real estate values on a day to day basis, like a professional appraiser does, it's hard for them to understand the nuances of their local real estate market.

We are not talking about the costs of purchasing and upgrading your home, or the amount you'd like to get for it. Rather, a appraisal provides a professional opinion on how much your home will bring on the open market.

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

Selling on your own?

More and more OR homeowners are choosing 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, with minimal waiting and for top dollar, what you need is a professional appraisal. You need objective opinions, and we understand that it can be very hard to take an objective look at 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.

Not only can getting a professional appraisal help you set a sensible selling price to attract more potential buyers, a professional appraisal can:

  • Be a very valuable bargaining tool once you have a potential buyer
  • Impress buyers with written proof of your home's condition inside and out
  • Make you aware of problems and eliminate overlooked repairs hassles that might stall a closing
  • Help prevent the possibility of unknown problems that cause sales to flop

Folks are sometimes surprised when they find out that the value of their home is higher than they first thought. So spending a little on a professional appraisal provided the data to support a sale for several thousand more than they could have gotten originally. Alternatively, some people have an overestimated impression of the value of their home, by getting an appraisal it helped them to to realistically price their home allowing them to quickly sell it instead of sitting on the market for months. An overpriced home rarely attracts buyers, which means no offers and no closing, wasting valuable time, money, and efforts.

Get a comprehensive appraisal before listing

Even if you have with the most experienced agent, it's definitely a good idea to get an unbiased second opinion of your home's value to signing a listing agreement. And that's where James Harris comes in. An appraisal can be extremely helpful in a scenario like this. It will give both you and your agent a detailed description of the unique features of your property and give you insight into the health of the local real estate market with a detailed analysis of the latest comparable properties in the area.

Serving Portland with unmatched real estate consulting services

Have you decided against an entire appraisal but would like some information about how the real estate market is doing in your area? Maybe you feel like an appraisal is not necessary but you require some help collecting local sales and property data. We can help solve your real estate dilemmas with services especially designed for customers with your real estate needs.

If your curious what you'll be getting from when you order an appraisal just take a look....

  • Fast response to your initial inquiry: We tailor information to the needs of our clients Just let us know your situation and offer you suggestions.
  • Quick turnarounds on appraisals: Normally one week or less from the date we receive the request, you'll have a PDF of the report in your e-mail inbox.
  • Consulting and Appraisal report arrangements to suit YOUR needs: We've done many of assignments, and we understand that when providing real estateconsulting and appraising there isn't a typical or standard, "generic" report. We offer a lot of different of report types, and are familiar at providing appraisals to clients without a lot of industry jargon in an easy to read format without a lot of industry jargon.
  • Any follow up questions? You can expect a fast follow-up from James Harris: When we create reports, we make sure they are clearly written, simple to understand, and meet or exceed the Uniform Standards of Professional Practice that governs the appraisal practice. Should you have any questions regarding your appraisal, after you've read the report, just give us a call or email us!