Have confidence in your listing price with an appraisal from Plus One Appraisals.

Avoid having your home on the market too long or selling yourself short by getting an appraisal to demonstrate the right listing price.

Many people are surprised when they find out that the market value of their home is a lot more than they'd planned, so investing in an appraisal from Plus One Appraisals actually allowed them to receive several thousand more dollars than they thought they would when their home was sold. An appraisal helps those who have an inflated opinion of their home's price value to decide on a realistic price for their home in order for it to sell. An overpriced property will not attract interested buyers, which means no offers and no closing and that you have wasted valuable time, money, and efforts. Every month your home stays on the market is another month you have to pay its mortgage. And in the meantime, you're stuck paying the mortgage while your house sits on the market.

Using a licensed appraiser is the number one way to get a just listing price for your home in today's adapting market.

Are you working with a real estate agent to list your home? Quite often you can expect them to provide you with a comparative market analysis (CMA) that includes a list of sale homes in your town. It's a good starting point in determining your home's listing price. This is a really important step if your interests are to maximize profit and minimize your time on the market.

In our opinion, however, you might also wish to consider a pre-listing appraisal from someone who's sole occupation is to analyze real estate - PRIOR to listing your home - even if you're working with an experienced agent.

And that's where Plus One Appraisals comes in! We'll do a pre-listing appraisal so you and your real estate agent both have an accurate description of your home's features and a detailed analysis of the most recent and similar comparable sales or "comps".

Plus One Appraisals can help you decide on a realistic selling price so your house will bring in buyers, and we can also:

Be a valuable negotiating tool once you have a prospective buyer
Wow potential buyers with written proof of your house's shape inside and out
Eliminate repair hassles at the eleventh hour and make you aware of problems that might delay a closing
Cut down the chances of unknown issues that can cause sales to fold
Cut out the wait for the buyer's appraisal to have confidence the deal will close.

Improvements to add value

There are so many important questions to ask yourself prior to listing your house There are many important questions to ask yourself prior to listing your home -- and Plus One Appraisals can help with that. You should ask yourself questions like "Should we paint the whole house before we sell it?", "Should I put in that third bathroom?", "Should I finish my closet remodel?" You may not realize it, but everything we do to our houses can affect their value. But everything will affect it in a different way. A kitchen remodel may improve the appeal of a home, but it might not justify the costs you'd pay.

Plus One Appraisals can help you with these decisions. Appraisers have no vested interest in your final selling price, like an agent do. Our appraisal fees are based on efforts to finalize the report, and not a percentage of your home's sale price. An appraisal fee from Plus One Appraisals is based on our efforts to finalize the report, and are not a percentage of the sales price. Our fees are not a percentage of your home's sale price — our appraisal fees are based on efforts to complete the report. So please consider ordering an appraisal from Plus One Appraisals. When it comes to investing in your home and deciding on a fair sale price, we'll help homeowners make the smartest decisions.