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Listing at the right price is crucial and a professional appraisal from Crow & Associates 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 you in the long run! Unless the homeowner studies real estate values on a day to day basis, like a professional appraiser does, it's difficult for them to fully grasp their local real estate market.

You, as a homeowner, might be focused on how much you have invested in your home, or how much you want to sell it for. You see, an appraisal assesses how much your home will bring on the open market. After all, a home is only worth the price another person is offering to give you.

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

For Sale By Owner?

An increasing amount of Texas homeowners are making the decision 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 professional appraisal. You need an objective opinion, and we understand that it can be very hard to take an objective look at 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:
  • Be a very beneficial negotiating tool while speaking with a potential buyer
  • Put buyers at ease with written proof of the condition of your home inside and out
  • Alert you of issues and get rid of any last-minute repair hassles that might delay a closing
  • Help lower the chances of unknown problems that cause sales to backslide
Folks are sometimes surprised when they find out that the value of their home is higher than they first thought. So taking the first step and investing in a professional appraisal allowed them to receive several thousand more than they expected they would get. Alternatively, some people have an inflated impression of the value of their home, and by getting an appraisal it helped them to to realistically price their home in order for it to sell quickly - instead of waiting 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.

Pre-listing appraisals in Harris County

Even if you're working with the most experienced agent, it's in your best interest to get an unbiased second opinion of value prior to finalizing a listing contract. Crow & Associates can help. We can furnish you with a pre-listing appraisal that will let you and your agent have a precise writeup of your home's characteristics and a detailed breakdown of the the newest and similar comparable sales or as they're commonly called, "comps".

We also offer general consulting

Maybe you feel like you don't need an "appraisal" but you need some help collecting local sales and property data. We can help solve your real estate concerns with services especially tailored for clients with your real estate needs.

If you're wondering what you can expect from us when ordering an appraisal just take a look....

  • We take great pride in making sure that when you send your initial inquiry, you get a immediate response: We will give you information tailored for your particular appraisal need. Just let us know your situation, and we will give you suggestions.
  • Swift turnaround time: Normally in a week's time or less from the date the request is received, we can have a PDF of the report ready to download.
  • Consulting and appraisal report formats that suit YOUR needs: We've preformed a lot of assignments, and we know that in the practice of real estate appraising, there isn't a typical or standard "generic" report. We provide a variety of types of reports and are well seasoned at providing appraisals to consumers that keep the industry jargon to a minimum and in an easy to read format with the general public in mind.
  • Prompt reply to follow-up questions: Documents we deliver 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 questions regarding your appraisal after you've read the report, just give us a call or email us!