Putting a house on the market in or near Collin County? Contact Garrison Appraisal Service and make sure you're setting the price right.

If you're planning on putting your house on the market soon, a professional appraisal is a must. 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 hard for them to get a handle on local real estate values.

It's tempting to want to base your home's value on how much you've spent buying and improving your home, or the amount you'd like to get for it. Instead, an appraisal provides a professional opinion on how much your home will bring on the open market. Once you break it all down, at the end of the day, your house is only worth the price another person is offering to pay.

Contact us for information regarding our specialized services for home sellers.

Selling yourself instead of using a real estate agent and need help with pricing?

An increasing amount of Texas homeowners are deciding to sell their homes FSBO (For Sale By Owner) and foregoing the assistance of a real estate agent. But to do it right, quickly and for the best price, what you need is a professional appraisal. The best thing to have is an objective opinion, it's very hard 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.

In addition to helping you set a sound selling price to attract more potential buyers, a professional appraisal can:
  • Allow you to have the edge while negotiating when you find a potential buyer
  • Impress buyers with written proof of the interior and exterior condition of your home
  • Call attention to any issues and get rid of any last-minute repair hassles that might stall a closing
  • Help prevent the chances of unidentified problems that cause sales to flop
Folks are sometimes surprised when they find out that the value of their home is more than they originally believed. 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 overestimated opinion of the value of their home, and an appraisal helped them to to set a more reasonable price for their home - allowing them to quickly sell it - instead of gathering dust on the market for months. An overpriced home will not attract buyers, reducing your offers, making closing more difficult, wasting your valuable time and draining your resources while your house waits for a buyer.

Get a professional value opinion before listing

You may have a highly skillful agent, but it's in your best interest to have an unbiased second opinion of your home's value before finalizing a listing contract. Garrison Appraisal Service can help. We can provide you with a pre-listing appraisal that will let you and your agent have a precise summarizing of your home's features and a detailed breakdown of the the latest and similar comparable sales or as they're commonly called, "comps".

We also provide general consulting

If you feel like an appraisal is not necessary but you need assistance gathering local sales and property data, we can provide assistance for your real estate quandaries with services especially tailored for customers with your real estate needs.

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

  • We take great pride in making sure that when you send your initial inquiry, you get a response ASAP: We personalize information to the needs of our customers. Just let us know your situation, and we will provide suggestions.
  • Fast turnaround time: Normally one week or less from the date we receive the request, you'll have a PDF of the report ready to download.
  • Consulting and appraisal report formats to suit YOUR needs: We've preformed many of assignments, and we understand that when it's real estate appraising, there is no typical or standard "cookie cutter" assignment. We provide quite a few different types of reports and have a lot of experience at providing appraisals to clients minus the industry jargon and in an easy to read format with consumers in mind.
  • Prompt response to follow-up questions: When we deliver a report to our clients, we make sure they are clearly written, comprehensible to people outside the real estate industry, and adhere to the Uniform Standards of Professional Practice that governs the appraisal practice. Should you have any questions concerning your appraisal once you've read through the report, just give us a call or email us!