Listing at the right price is crucial and a professional appraisal from Harris Appraisal will ensure you get it right.

Selling your home? You would be wise to invest in an appraisal. An appraisal doesn't cost that much and it pays in the long run! Unless the homeowner makes a career out of studying real estate values, like a professional appraiser does, it's hard for them to understand the nuances of their local real estate market.

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

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

Need help setting a price when selling yourself?

Quite a few TN homeowners are making the decision to sell their homes FSBO (For Sale By Owner) and foregoing the help 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 difficult 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 realistic asking price so your home will attract buyers, a professional appraisal can:

  • Allow you to have the edge while negotiating when you find a potential buyer
  • Put buyers at ease with written proof of your home's condition inside and out
  • Alert you of issues and eliminate overlooked repairs hassles that might delay a closing
  • Prevent the chances of unidentified problems that cause sales to go up in smoke

People are surprised when they find out the value of their home is more than they originally believed. So investing in an appraisal allowed them to receive several thousand more than they expected they would get. Others have an an exaggerated opinion of their home's value, and an appraisal helped them to to set a more reasonable price 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 valuable time, money, and efforts.

Get a comprehensive appraisal before listing

You might have a highly experienced agent but 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 Harris Appraisal comes in. We can provide you with a pre-listing appraisal so both you and your agent have an accurate description of your home's characteristics and a detailed analysis of the latest and similar comparable sales which we typically refer to as "comps" in the appraisal industry.

Consulting services for Cookeville Sellers: Keep a local expert at your disposal

Don't need an entire appraisal but are looking for information about how the real estate market is doing in your area? You might feel like you don't need an "appraisal" but you need some help gathering local sales and property data. We can be a resource for your real estate concerns with services especially tailored for consumers with your real estate needs.

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

  • Fast response to your initial inquiry: We tailor information to the needs of our clients Just let us know your situation and give you suggestions.
  • Swift turnaround time: Typically in a weeks time or less from the date we receive the request, we can have a PDF of the report in your e-mail inbox.
  • Appraisal and consulting report formats to suit YOUR needs: We've preformed a lot of assignments, and we know that when providing real estateappraising there isn't a typical or standard, "generic" report. We provide quite a few different of report types, and are well seasoned at providing appraisals to clients 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 Harris Appraisal: Reports we write are written in plain English, understandable, and adhere to the Uniform Standards of Professional Practice that governs the appraisal practice. If you have any confusion regarding your appraisal, after you've read through the report, just give us a call or email us!