Putting a house on the market in or near Santa Barbara County? Contact TRHome Appraisals and make sure you're setting the price right.

If you're planning on selling your home soon, a professional appraisal is absolutely necessary. Don't think of a professional appraisal as costing money; it's worth the money in the long run! Unless a homeowner studies real estate values on a day to day basis, like an appraiser, it's hard for them to fully grasp real estate market forces.

While important, an appraisal is not about how much you've spent buying and improving your home, or how much you want for it. Instead, an appraisal assesses how much your home will bring on the open market.

Contact us for any questions regarding the specific services for home sellers we offer.

Going to sell your home yourself?

More and more CA homeowners are making the decision 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, quickly and to get the most you can, what you need is a professional appraisal. You need objective opinions, we're human too, we understand its difficult 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 selling price so your home will attract buyers, a professional appraisal can:

  • Be a very useful negotiating tool when you find a potential buyer
  • Impress buyers with written proof of your home's condition inside and out
  • Make you aware of problems and get rid of any last-minute repair hassles that might hold-up a closing
  • Help lower the possibility of unidentified problems that cause sales to flop

It can be surprising to people to discover the value of their home is more than they originally believed. So investing in a professional appraisal allowed them to receive thousands more than they could have gotten originally. Alternatively, some people have an exaggerated opinion of the value of their home, and an appraisal gave then the assistance they needed in order to realistically price their home allowing them to quickly sell it instead of gathering dust on the market for months. Selling too high rarely attracts buyers, reducing your offers, making closing more difficult, wasting valuable time, money, and efforts.

Pre-listing appraisals in Santa Barbara County

Even if you have with the most experienced agent, it's in your best interest to get an objective third-party's opinion of your home's value to signing a listing agreement. And that's where TRHome Appraisals comes in. We can provide you with a pre-listing appraisal so both you and your agent have a definitive writeup of your home's features and a detailed analysis of the most recent and similar comparable sales or as they're commonly called, "comps".

TRHome Appraisals also provide general consulting

Have you decided against an entire appraisal but still need some information about the real estate market in your area? You might feel like an appraisal is not necessary but you need some help collecting local property and sales data. We can help solve your real estate dilemmas with services especially tailored for clients with your real estate needs.

If your wondering what to expect from when you order an appraisal just take a look....

  • Prompt response to your initial inquiry: We will give you personalized information for your individual appraisal need. Just let us know your situation and offer you suggestions.
  • Fast turnarounds for appraisals: Typically one week or less from the date we receive the request, you'll have a copy, in PDF of the report in your e-mail inbox.
  • Appraisal and consulting report formats that suit YOUR needs: When it comes to appraisal and consulting, "One size does NOT fit all." We provide quite a few different of types of reports, and have an abundance of experience at providing appraisals to consumers that keep the industry jargon to a minimum in an easy to read format without a lot of industry jargon.
  • Any follow up questions? You can expect a prompt follow-up from TRHome Appraisals: Reports we write are clearly written, understandable, and adhere to the Uniform Standards of Professional Practice that moderates the appraisal practice. Should you have any confusion regarding your appraisal, after you've read through the report, feel free to give us a call or email us!