Selling your home in or near Contra Costa County? Contact Sunset Appraisals and make sure you're setting the price 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 in the long run! Unless a homeowner makes a career out of studying real estate values, like an appraiser, it's difficult for them to understand local real estate values.

This isn't a discussion of how much you have invested in your home, or how much you want for it. Rather, a appraisal provides a professional opinion on your home's market value.

Contact us for any questions regarding our specialized services for home sellers.

Appraisals are valuable tools for people selling without an agent

More and more CA homeowners are making the decision to sell their homes FSBO (For Sale By Owner) and foregoing the help of a real estate agent. But to do it right, with minimal waiting and to get the most you can, what you need is a expert appraiser. You need objective opinions, it's very difficult to take an objective look at own home because of your emotional attachment to it. We will tell you 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 to attract more potential buyers, a professional appraisal can:

  • Allow you to have the edge while negotiating once you have a potential buyer
  • Impress buyers with written proof of the condition of your home inside and out
  • Alert you of problems and eliminate overlooked repairs hassles that might delay a closing
  • Help decrease the possibility of unidentified problems that cause sales to deteriorate

Folks are sometimes surprised to discover their home's value is more than they originally believed. So spending a little on an appraisal allowed them to receive several thousand more than they thought they would get. Others have an an overestimated assessment of their home's value, by getting an appraisal it gave then the assistance they needed in order to realistically price their home in order for it to sell quickly rather than gathering dust on the market for months. Selling too high will not attract buyers, reducing your offers, making closing more difficult, which can waste your valuable time and drain your resources while getting nothing done

Pre-listing appraisals in Contra Costa County

Even if you're working with the most experienced agent, it's definitely a good idea to have of value prior to signing a listing agreement. Sunset Appraisals can help. We can provide you with a pre-listing appraisal that will let you and your agent have an accurate writeup of your home's features and a detailed analysis of the newest and similar comparable sales or as they're commonly called, "comps".

Consulting services for Contra Costa County Sellers: Have a local expert at your disposal

Don't need a full appraisal but would like some information about the real estate market in your area? Maybe you feel like you don't need an "appraisal" but you'd still like assistance analyzing local sales and property data. We can be a resource for your real estate dilemmas with services especially tailored for customers with your real estate needs.

This is a little bit of what to expect when you order an appraisal through ....

  • 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 clients Just explain your situation and offer you suggestions.
  • Quick turnaround time: Usually 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 arrangements that suit YOUR needs: We've worked on many of assignments, and we've learned that practice of real estateappraising it's naive to think there's a typical or standard, "generic" assignment. We provide quite a few different of report types, and are well seasoned at providing appraisals to clients sans the in an easy to read format without a lot of industry jargon.
  • Fast response to follow-up questions: When we write reports, we make sure they are written in plain English, understandable, and adhere to the Uniform Standards of Professional Practice that regulates the appraisal practice. If you have any confusion about your appraisal, after you've read the report, just give us a call or email us!