Attention homeowners in Port Hueneme and Ventura County: Need an appraisal?![]() The top 7 reasons CA homeowners hire Best Working Appraisals:
Do you own a house in or near Port Hueneme? Do you need help deciding the price of your real estate?
We at Best Working Appraisals understand the particular needs of a customer after appraisal services. While our typical business clients understand the appraisal process and standard reporting formats, you as a consumer will get an extra level of customer service in the form of an explanation of the process and even special consumer-friendly reporting forms if the assignment allows for them. For-Sale-By-Owner (FSBO) / Pre-Listing ServicesIt's very hard to be objective about your house because you most likely have an emotional attachment to it. Our professional appraisers at Best Working Appraisals are objective. We won't just tell you what you want to hear, we'll tell you what you need to know. In addition to helping you set a realistic price to sell at so your home will attract many interested buyers, a professional appraisal is a very valuable negotiating tool once you have an interested buyer. It gives you something tangible to show the buyer. An appraisal is an independent third party's opinion of your home's value -- not just you saying how much your house is worth. Potential buyers assume that you have an emotional attachment to your home and will be much more likely to give credibility to a professional appraiser's value opinion than yours. Appraisals to cancel PMIA fashionable way to cut expenses for homeowners is getting the PMI removed from their mortgage loan, thus saving them money on their monthly payments. PMI stands for "Private Mortgage Insurance". Your monthly payments will go down once your mortgage loan amount is down below 80% of the value of your property. In most cases you can apply to the lender to have the PMI eliminated from your loan. Best Working Appraisals is experts in helping consumers just like you dismiss unneeded PMI insurance. Challenging property tax assessmentsYour local tax assessor may have your house overvalued if your home not appreciating as much as other properties close to yours. This only means you are most likely paying higher taxes than you should be paying. The sooner you take care of a matter like this, the better, since your property assessment may likely go up again in the next period. When contesting your property tax assessment, getting an appraisal report from Best Working Appraisals is your perfect weapon. Recently got a freeze your HELOC?Your lender just might make the decision to automatically freeze your home equity line of credit (HELOC) if your property is close to a declining area -- even if your specific property has not declined in value. Not only can this be inopportune from a cash flow viewpoint, but it can be bad for your credit score since it may appear as though that credit line is maxed out. A professional appraisal from Best Working Appraisals can help you reinstate your HELOC. Need Field and Desktop Appraisal Review Services?Have you just been given a copy of your appraisal and you would like to have a veteran appraiser double-check it for precision or do you want a second opinion without the cost and delay of waiting for a whole new appraisal? We can go out and check the subject and comps in a field review. If you're in a hurry, we'll provide desk review and verify as many facts as we can using online data sources as well as our own files. We can also provide a retrospective review of any appraisal report you may have had in the past. Even though this is usually requested by banks, you may desire to exercise this service if you suspect mortgage fraud related to your house. |