Listing at the right price is crucial and a professional appraisal from Wilcox Appraisals, LLC will ensure you get it right.

Selling your home? You would be wise to invest in an appraisal. An appraisal doesn't cost that much and it pays in the long run! Unless the 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.

You, as a homeowner, might be thinking about how much you've spent buying and improving your home, or the amount you'd like to get for it. Rather, the appraisal measures how much your home will bring on the open market. At the end of the day, your house is only worth the price another person is going to pay.

Contact us for any questions regarding services specialized for home sellers.

Selling yourself instead of using a real estate agent and need help with pricing?

An increasing amount of New York homeowners are choosing 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 expert appraiser. You need an objective opinion, we're human too, we understand its 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 sensible selling price to attract more potential buyers, a professional appraisal can:
  • Give you an advantage while negotiating once you have a potential buyer
  • Put buyers at ease with written proof of the interior and exterior condition of your home
  • Make you aware of problems and eliminate overlooked repairs hassles that might delay a closing
  • Lower the chances of hidden problems that cause sales to go up in smoke
It can be surprising to people when they find out the value of their home is more than they originally believed. So spending a little on a professional appraisal allowed them to get thousands more than they originally thought. Others have an an inflated opinion of their home's value, and an appraisal helped them to to set a more reasonable price for their home in order for it to sell quickly - instead of sitting on the market for months. Asking too much for a home will not attract buyers, reducing your offers, making closing more difficult, 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 value prior to finalizing a listing contract. Wilcox Appraisals, LLC can help. An appraisal can be indispensable in this scenario. You and your agent will get a complete description for your property and its features which will give you insight into the health of the local real estate market with a record of recent comparable properties in the area.

Sometimes it's useful to have a general resource for local real estate knowledge

Possibly you've already decided you don't need to go as far as getting an entire appraisal but would like some information about how the real estate market is doing in your area? We offer services designed especially for consumers like you to help with your real estate decisions.

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

  • Immediate response to your initial inquiry: We will give you personalized information for your individual appraisal need. We'll be delighted to provide suggestions - just tell us what your situation is.
  • Quick turnaround time: Normally in a week's time or less from the date we receive the request, you'll have a PDF ready for you to download from our site or in your e-mail.
  • Consulting and appraisal report formats to suit YOUR needs: We've worked on a lot of assignments, and we know that when providing real estate consulting and appraising, it's naive to think there's a typical or standard "generic" report. We provide quite a few different report types and are well seasoned at providing appraisals to clients that keep the industry jargon to a minimum so that you don't have to be real estate attorney to understand it.
  • Fast response to follow-up questions: When we deliver a report to our clients, we make sure they are written in plain English, comprehensible to people outside the real estate industry, and meet or exceed the Uniform Standards of Professional Practice that moderates the appraisal practice. If you have any confusion about your appraisal after you've read the report, we encourage you to email or call us!