Listing at the right price is crucial and a professional appraisal from ERBES APPRAISALS, INC. will ensure you get it right.

If you're going to sell your home, you should seriously consider a professional appraisal. Don't think of a professional appraisal as costing money; it's worth the money in the long run! Unless the homeowner spends hours every week on real estate valuation, like a professional appraiser does, it's practically impossible for them to fully grasp their local real estate market.

This isn't a discussion of how much you've spent buying and improving your home, or the amount you'd like to get for it. Rather, a appraisal provides a professional opinion on the true market value of your home.

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

For Sale By Owner?

Quite a few NY homeowners are making the decision to sell their homes FSBO (For Sale By Owner) and foregoing the assistance of a real estate agent. But to do it right, with minimal waiting and for top dollar, you need a skilled appraiser. The best thing to have is objective opinions, and we understand that it can be very hard to be objective about your 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:

  • Give you an advantage while bargaining when you find a potential buyer
  • Impress buyers with written proof of the interior and exterior condition of your home
  • Make you aware of problems and get rid of any last-minute repair hassles that might stall a closing
  • Help prevent the odds of unrevealed problems that cause sales to backslide

It can be surprising to people when they find out that their home's value is a great deal more than they thought. So by taking the first step and spending a little on a professional appraisal provided the data to support a sale for several thousand more than they could have gotten originally. Others have an an inflated impression of the value of their home, and an appraisal helped them to to realistically price their home allowing them to quickly sell it rather than 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.

Pre-listing appraisals in LOCKPORT

You might have a highly experienced agent but it's definitely a good idea to have an unbiased second opinion of value prior to signing a listing agreement. And that's where ERBES APPRAISALS, INC. comes in. We can provide you with a pre-listing appraisal so both you and your agent have an accurate writeup of your home's characteristics and a detailed breakdown of the latest and similar comparable sales which we typically refer to as "comps" in the appraisal industry.

Serving Niagara County with the finest real estate consulting services

Don't need a full appraisal but still need some information about how real estate is doing in your area? You might feel like an appraisal is not necessary but you need some help collecting local property and sales data. We offer services designed for the needs of consumers like you to assist with your real estate decisions.

This is a little bit of what you can expect when you order an appraisal from ....

  • Immediate response to your initial inquiry: We will give you personalized information for your individual appraisal need. We'll be delighted to offer suggestions, just let us know what your situation is
  • Quick turnarounds on appraisals: Normally one week or less from the date the request is received, we can have a PDF of the report in your e-mail inbox.
  • Consulting and Appraisal report formats to suit YOUR needs: When dealing with appraisal and consulting, "One size does NOT fit all." We provide many 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 quick follow-up from ERBES APPRAISALS, INC.: Reports we write are written in plain English, comprehensible to people outside the real estate industry, and meet or exceed the Uniform Standards of Professional Practice that governs the appraisal practice. If you have any confusion dealing your appraisal, once you've read the report, we encourage you to email or call us!