Putting a house on the market in or near Grand Traverse, Benzie, Leelanau, Manistee, Antrim or Kalkaska County? Contact Veritech Appraisal and make sure you're setting the price 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 the homeowner spends hours every week on real estate valuation, like an appraiser, it's hard for them to understand the nuances of their local real estate market.

We are not talking about how much you've spent buying and improving your home, or how much you want for it. 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 willing to pay.

Contact us for any questions regarding the specific services we offer for home sellers.

Appraisals are valuable tools for people selling without an agent

Quite a few Michigan 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 top dollar, you need a expert appraiser. It can be very difficult to get an objective opinion, it can be very difficult to be objective about your 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.

Not only can getting a professional appraisal help you set a sensible asking price to attract more potential buyers, a professional appraisal can:
  • Be a very useful negotiating tool while speaking with a potential buyer
  • Put buyers at ease with written proof of the interior and exterior condition of your home
  • Make you aware of issues and get rid of any last-minute repair hassles that might stall a closing
  • Help lower the odds of unrevealed problems that cause sales to flop
People are surprised 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 expected. Others have an an inflated opinion when they put a value on their home, and by getting an appraisal it gave them the assistance they needed in order 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

You might have a highly skilled agent, but it's in your best interest to get an analysis of value prior to signing a listing contract. And that's where Veritech Appraisal comes in. An appraisal can be extremely helpful in this scenario. It will give both you and your agent 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 detailed analysis of the latest comparable properties in the area.

Serving Traverse City with unsurpassed real estate consulting services

If you feel like you don't need an "appraisal" but you need some help gathering local property and sales data, we can be a resource for your real estate decisions with services especially tailored for customers with your real estate needs.

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

  • Prompt response to your initial inquiry: We will give you information tailored for your individual appraisal need. Just let us know your situation, and we will provide suggestions.
  • Swift turnaround for appraisals: Normally one week or less from the date the request is received, you'll have a PDF ready for you to download from our site or in your e-mail.
  • Appraisal and consulting report formats to suit YOUR needs: We've worked on many of assignments, and we've learned that when it comes to real estate consulting and appraising, it's naive to think there's a typical or standard "generic" assignment. We offer many different types of reports and have know how at providing appraisals to clients that keep the industry jargon to a minimum and in an easy to digest 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 adhere to the Uniform Standards of Professional Practice that regulates the appraisal practice. Should you have any confusion about your appraisal once you've read the report, feel free to give us a call or email us!