Attention homeowners: Real estate appraisal services for in Old Forge and Lackawanna County
The top 7 reasons why PA homeowners order from Vanston Real Estate, LLC:
Own a house in or near Old Forge, PA and need help deciding the value of it?
At Vanston Real Estate, LLC, we understand the particular needs of a homeowner in need of appraisal services. The appraisal process and reporting formats are familiar to our business clients like banks, lawyers, and accountants. Being a regular person not in the real estate industry that most likely doesn't see an appraisal on a regular basis,we will give you extra guidance and explanations through the appraisal process to more clearly understand what we do and how we present our findings. Pre-listing Services/For Sale By OwnerIt's very hard to be objective about your house because you probably have an emotional attachment to it. Professional appraisers, like the ones at Vanston Real Estate, LLC, will be objective. We'll tell you what you need to know, not just what you want to hear. In addition to helping you set a realistic price to sell at so your home will attract many interested buyers, a professional appraisal is a crucial negotiating tool once you have an interested buyer. It's something concrete to show the buyer. It's an independent third party's opinion of your home's price, and not just you saying how much you think your house is worth. Interested buyers know you have an emotional attachment to your house and will be more likely to give credibility to a seasoned appraiser's value estimation than yours. Need to cancel PMI?A fashionable money saver for homeowners is to get the PMI removed from their mortgage loan, thus saving them money on their monthly payments. PMI stands for "Private Mortgage Insurance". Your monthly payments will go down once your mortgage loan is down below 80% of the value of your property. In most cases you can apply to a lender to have the PMI removed from your loan. At Vanston Real Estate, LLC, we're seasoned in helping folks just like you rid yourselves of unwanted and unneeded PMI insurance. Challenge Lackawanna county's assessment of your propertyYour local tax assessor may have your house overvalued if you live in an area that's going down or not appreciating as much as other homes close to yours. This only means you're going to pay higher taxes than you should be paying. Since your property assessment may likely go up again in the next period, the quicker you take care of things like this, the better off you'll be. Getting an expert appraisal from Vanston Real Estate, LLC is your number one weapon when contesting your property tax assessment. Was your HELOC recently frozen?Even if your specific property has not declined in value, your lender may just make the decision to automatically freeze your home equity line of credit (HELOC) if your property is in or near a declining area. This can be be damaging to your credit score since it may appear as though that credit line is maxed out, and also annoying from a cash flow standpoint. A professional appraisal from Vanston Real Estate, LLC can help you reinstate your HELOC. Do You Need Field and Desktop Appraisal Review Services?Do you need a seasoned expert to double-check your appraisal for accuracy, or do you need a second opinion without the expense and delay of waiting for a whole new appraisal? We can go out and check the subject and comps in a field review. If you're in a rush, we'll provide you with a desk review and verify as many facts as we can using online data sources as well as our own files. Do you need a retrospective review of an appraisal report? Vanston Real Estate, LLC can help with that too. While typically requested by banks, you may want to utilize this service if you suspect mortgage fraud related to your house. |