Listing at the right price is crucial and a professional appraisal from Caswell Appraisal will ensure you get it 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 you in the long run! Unless a homeowner makes a career out of studying real estate values, like a professional appraiser does, it's difficult for them to get a handle on local real estate values.

This isn't a discussion of how much you have invested in your home, or the amount you need to get for it. Rather, the appraisal measures the true market value of your home.

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

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

More and more MN homeowners are choosing to sell their homes FSBO (For Sale By Owner) and foregoing the assistance of a real estate agent. But if you're going to do it right, with minimal waiting and for the best price, what you need is a professional appraisal. It can be very difficult to get objective opinions, and we understand that it can be very hard to take an objective look at 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 will getting a professional appraisal help you set a sensible asking price so your home will attract buyers, a professional appraisal can:

  • Be a very useful bargaining tool when you find a potential buyer
  • Impress buyers with written proof of the condition of your home inside and out
  • Call attention to any issues and get rid of any overlooked repairs hassles that might hold-up a closing
  • Help decrease the possibility of unknown problems that cause sales to backslide

People are surprised when they find out their home's value is more than they originally believed. So investing in an appraisal allowed them to receive thousands more than they originally thought. Alternatively, some people have an overestimated assessment when they put a value on their home, and an appraisal gave then the assistance they needed in order to set a more reasonable price their home allowing them to quickly sell it rather than sitting on the market for months. Selling too high 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 experienced agent but it's in your best interest to get an unbiased second opinion of value prior to finalizing a listing agreement. Caswell Appraisal can help. We can furnish you with a pre-listing appraisal that will let you and your agent have a precise writeup of your home's features and a detailed breakdown of the most recent and similar comparable sales or as they're commonly called, "comps".

A resource for for local real estate knowledge

Don't need a full appraisal but would like some information about the real estate market in your area? You might feel like an appraisal is not necessary but you'd still like some help gathering local property and sales data. We offer services tailored especially for clients like you to assist with your real estate decisions.

Here's what to expect when you place an order for an appraisal through ....

  • Prompt response to your initial inquiry: We will give you personalized information for your individual appraisal need. Just let us know your situation and we will make suggestions.
  • Swift turnaround time: Normally in a weeks time or less from the date the request is received, we can have a copy, in PDF of the report in your e-mail inbox.
  • Consulting and Appraisal report formats that suit YOUR needs: We've done lots of assignments, and we know that practice of real estateconsulting and appraising it's naive to think there's a typical or standard, "cookie cutter" assignment. We provide a lot of different of report types, and have know how at providing appraisals to consumers that keep the industry jargon to a minimum so that you don't have to be qualified loan officer to read it.
  • Fast to follow-up questions: When we create reports, we make sure they are clearly written, understandable, and meet or exceed the Uniform Standards of Professional Practice that governs the appraisal practice. Should you have any confusion dealing your appraisal, once you've read through the report, feel free to give us a call or email us!