Attention homeowners in Atlanta and Fulton County: Need an appraisal?

Here are the top seven reasons why Georgia homeowners use Real Value Appraisal Services:

  1. Find the right listing price (whether you're using an agent or selling the home on your own)
  2. Challenge a property tax assessment
  3. Remove PMI to reduce a mortgage payment
  4. Reinstate your Home Equity Line of Credit (HELOC)
  5. Verify a different appraiser's report
  6. In the case of a divorce in the state of Georgia, when real estate property needs to be divided
  7. To settle an estate in Georgia by determining the true market value of the property in question
Need help deciding the value of your home in or near Atlanta, Georgia? Contact Real Value Appraisal Services.

We at Real Value Appraisal Services understand the individual needs of a homeowner looking for appraisal services. Our business practices and reporting formats are relatively routine to our business clients like lenders, attorneys, and CPAs. As our client, we'll be sure you get extra guidance and explanations through the appraisal process to understand what we do and how we report the results of our analysis.

For Sale by Owner (FSBO)/Pre-Listing Services

Since you have an emotional attachment to your own house, it's often very hard to be objective about it. Our professional appraisers at Real Value Appraisal Services are objective. We won't just tell you what you want to hear, we'll tell you what you need to know. A professional appraisal is very important as a negotiating tool once you have a potential buyer, in addition to helping you set a realistic price to sell at so your home will attract interested buyers. The appraisal is something concrete to show the buyer. An appraisal is an independent third party's opinion of your home's value -- not just how much your home is worth. Interested buyers assume that you have an emotional attachment to your home and will be far more likely to give credibility to a qualified appraiser's value opinion than yours.

Challenge Fulton County's assessment of your property

Let's say you live in a local area that's going down -- your local tax assessor may have your home overvalued. This means you're paying higher taxes than you should be paying. The quicker you take care of a matter like this, the better, since your property assessment may likely go up again in the next period. Getting an expert appraisal from Real Value Appraisal Services is your perfect weapon when challenging your property tax assessment.

Need to remove PMI?

PMI stands for Private Mortgage Insurance. An attractive way to save money for homeowners is to get the PMI canceled from their mortgage loan, thus saving them money on their monthly payments. Your monthly payments will go down once your mortgage loan is less than 80% of the value of your property. In most cases you can apply to the lender to have the PMI removed from your loan. Real Value Appraisal Services is qualified in helping people just like you remove unneeded and unwanted PMI insurance.

HELOC recently frozen?

If your home is in a declining area, your lender might just choose to automatically freeze your home equity line of credit (HELOC) - even if your specific property has not declined in value. This can be detrimental to your credit score since it may appear as though that credit line is maxed out, and also unsuitable from a cash flow point of view. Real Value Appraisal Services can help you reinstate your HELOC.

Need Field and Desktop Appraisal Review Services?

Would you wish a second opinion without the charge and delay of waiting for a whole new appraisal? Or do you need a seasoned appraiser to double-check your appraisal for accuracy? An appraiser from Real Value Appraisal Services can go out and check the subject and comps in question in a field review. Or, if you need it ASAP, we can 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? Real Value Appraisal Services can help you with that. While usually requested by banks, you may want to use this service if you suspect mortgage fraud related to your house.