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

If you're going to sell your home, you should seriously consider a professional appraisal. An appraisal doesn't cost that much and it pays in the long run! Unless a homeowner spends hours every week on real estate valuation, like a professional appraiser does, it's hard for them to fully grasp real estate market forces.

It's tempting to want to base your home's value on how much you have invested in your home, or how much you want to sell it for. You see, an appraisal provides a professional opinion on 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 details regarding the specific services for home sellers we offer.

Need help setting a price when selling yourself?

Quite a few Florida 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, with minimal waiting and for the best price, what you need is a qualified appraiser. It can be very difficult to get an objective opinion, it's very difficult to take an objective look at your 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 realistic selling price so your home will attract buyers, a professional appraisal can:
  • Give you an advantage while bargaining when you find a potential buyer
  • Impress buyers with written proof of the interior and exterior condition of your home
  • Call attention to any issues and eliminate overlooked repairs hassles that might stall a closing
  • Lower the odds of unrevealed problems that cause sales to deteriorate
It can be surprising to people when they find out that their home's value is higher than they first thought. So spending a little on an appraisal allowed them to receive several thousand more than they could have originally netted. Others have an an inflated impression when they put a value on their home, and by getting an appraisal it 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. An overpriced home causes buyers to back off, reducing your offers, making closing more difficult, wasting valuable time, money, and efforts.

We also help agents price homes in Seminole County

You might have a very experienced agent, but it's definitely a good idea to get an objective third-party's opinion of your home's value before signing a listing agreement. And that's where Holmes Appraisals comes in. We can provide you with a pre-listing appraisal so both you and your agent have an accurate summarizing of your home's characteristics and a detailed breakdown of the the newest and similar comparable sales which we typically refer to as "comps" in the appraisal industry.

A resource for for local real estate knowledge

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

If you're wondering what you'll be getting from Holmes Appraisals when ordering an appraisal just take a look....

  • Prompt response to your initial inquiry: We will give you personalized information for your individual appraisal need. We'll be delighted to offer suggestions - just tell us what your situation is.
  • Quick turnaround on appraisals: 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.
  • Appraisal and consulting report presentations to suit YOUR needs: We've done a lot of assignments, and we've learned that in the business of real estate appraising, there isn't a typical or standard "cookie cutter" report. We offer quite a few different types of reports and have know how at providing appraisals to clients sans the industry jargon so that you don't have to be real estate attorney to understand it.
  • Fast to follow-up questions: When we create reports, we make sure they are written in plain English, understandable, and adhere to the Uniform Standards of Professional Practice that moderates the appraisal practice. Should you have any inquiries regarding your appraisal after you've read the report, just give us a call or email us!