Listing at the right price is crucial and a professional appraisal from Patrick E O'Connor will ensure you get it right.

If you're planning on selling your home soon, an appraisal is absolutely necessary. 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 difficult for them to understand the nuances of their local real estate market.

This isn't a discussion of the costs of purchasing and upgrading your home, or how much you want to sell it for. Instead, the appraisal measures how much your home will bring on the open market.

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

Appraisals are valuable tools for people selling without an agent

Quite a few NY 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, quickly and for top dollar, what you need is a professional appraisal. It can be very difficult to get objective opinions, it's very difficult to take an objective look at own home because of your emotional attachment to it. We will inform you of 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:

  • Be a very valuable negotiating tool once you have a potential buyer
  • Impress buyers with written proof of the condition of your home inside and out
  • Make you aware of issues and eliminate last-minute repair hassles that might stall a closing
  • Decrease the chances of hidden problems that cause sales to go up in smoke

People are surprised to discover their home's value is higher than they originally thought. So by taking the first step and investing in an appraisal allowed them to get several thousand more than they could have gotten originally. Alternatively, some people have an inflated opinion of their home's value, by getting an appraisal it gave then the assistance they needed in order to realistically price their home allowing them to quickly sell it rather than gathering dust on the market for months. Selling too high rarely attracts buyers, reducing your offers, making closing more difficult, which can waste your valuable time and drain your resources while getting nothing done

Get a comprehensive appraisal before listing

Even if you have with a very skillful agent, it's in your best interest to have an unbiased second opinion of your home's value to signing a listing agreement. Patrick E O'Connor can help. We can provide you with a pre-listing appraisal that will let you and your agent have a definitive description of your home's characteristics and a detailed analysis of the latest and similar comparable sales or as they're commonly called, "comps".

Consulting services for Onondaga County Sellers: Put a local expert at your disposal

Don't need an entire appraisal but would like some information about the health of your area's real estate? If you feel like you don't need an "appraisal" but you'd still like assistance analyzing local sales and property data. We offer services designed especially for clients like you to help with your real estate decisions.

Here's what you can expect when you order an appraisal from us....

  • Fast response to your initial inquiry: We personalize information to the needs of our customers Just tell us your situation and we will make suggestions.
  • Quick turnaround time: Usually one week or less from the date the request is received, you'll have a copy, in PDF of the report in your e-mail inbox.
  • Consulting and Appraisal report arrangements to suit YOUR needs: We've preformed many 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" assignment. We provide a variety of report types, and are skillful at providing appraisals to clients that keep the industry jargon to a minimum so that you don't have to be qualified loan officer to read it.
  • Prompt response to follow-up questions: Reports we create are clearly written, comprehensible to people outside the real estate industry, and adhere to the Uniform Standards of Professional Practice that moderates the appraisal practice. If you have any inquiries regarding your appraisal, once you've read through the report, feel free to give us a call or email us!