Appraisal services for Sanford and Lee County homeowners

The top seven reasons NC homeowners use STRICKLAND APPRAISAL SERVICES:

  1. Pre-listing appraisals (whether they're selling the home on their own or using a real estate agent)
  2. Challenge Lee county's assessment of your property
  3. To reduce a mortgage payments by removing PMI
  4. Reinstate their Home Equity Line of Credit (HELOC)
  5. To review another appraiser's report for verification
  6. In the case of a NC divorce, when real estate needs to be divided
  7. To determine the true market value of real estate in question to settle an estate

Own a house in or near Sanford, NC and need help deciding the value of it?
Contact STRICKLAND APPRAISAL SERVICES.

At STRICKLAND APPRAISAL SERVICES, we understand the special needs of a customer after appraisal services. Our business practices and reporting formats are familiar to our business clients like lenders, lawyers, and CPAs. But as a consumer,you'll receive extra guidance and explanations through the appraisal process to better understand what we do and how we present the results of our analysis.

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

Since you have an emotional attachment to your home, it's often very hard to be objective about it. A professional appraiser is objective and will tell you what you need to know, not just what you want to hear. A professional appraisal is a crucial negotiating tool once you have a likely buyer, in addition to helping you set a realistic selling price so your house will attract buyers. It's something concrete to show your buyer. It's an independent third party's opinion of your house's value, and not just you saying 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 professional appraiser's value estimation than yours.

PMI Removal Appraisals

PMI stands for Private Mortgage Insurance. A popular money saver for homeowners is to get the PMI removed 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 house. In most cases you can apply to your lender to have the PMI removed from your loan. At STRICKLAND APPRAISAL SERVICES, we're seasoned in helping clients just like you remove unwanted and unneeded PMI insurance.

Challenge a property tax assessment

Your local tax assessor may have your home overvalued if your house not appreciating as much as other homes nearby. That means you're most likely paying more taxes than you should. Since your property assessment may likely go up again in the next period, the sooner you take care of things like this, the better off you'll be. Getting an appraisal from STRICKLAND APPRAISAL SERVICES is your best weapon when challenging your property tax assessment.

Recently got a freeze your HELOC?

If your home is in or near a declining area, your lender may just choose to automatically freeze your home equity line of credit (HELOC) - even if your specific property has not declined in value. Not only can this be unsuitable from a cash flow point of view, but it can be detrimental to your credit score since it may appear as though that credit line is maxed out. An efficient appraisal from STRICKLAND APPRAISAL SERVICES can help you reinstate your HELOC.

We Also Offer Field and Desktop Appraisal Review Services

Have you just gotten a copy of your appraisal and you would wish to have a seasoned expert double-check it for efficiency or do you need a second opinion without the added expense and delay of waiting for a whole new appraisal? We can go out and check the subject and comparables in a field review. Or, if you need it in a rush, we can provide 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? STRICKLAND APPRAISAL SERVICES can help you with that. Even though this is typically requested by banks, you may need to use this service if you suspect mortgage fraud related to your house.