Attention homeowners: Real estate appraisal services for in Carnation and King County

The top 7 reasons WA homeowners need Caliber Appraisal:

Find the right listing price (whether you're using a real estate agent or selling the home on your own)
Challenge property tax assessments
To cut your mortgage payment by removing PMI
To reinstate your Home Equity Line of Credit (HELOC)
Verify a different appraiser's report
In the case of a WA divorce, where real estate needs to be divided
Determine the true market value of property in question to settle an estate

Do you own a home in or near Carnation? Do you need help deciding the value of your real estate?
Contact Caliber Appraisal.

At Caliber Appraisal, we understand the individual needs of a customer looking for appraisal services. Our business practices and reporting formats are familiar to our business clients like lenders, attorneys, and CPAs. As our client, you will receive extra guidance and explanations through the appraisal process to better understand what we do and how we report the results of our analysis.

For Sale By Owner/Pre-Listing Services

Since you have an emotional attachment to your own house, it's often very hard to be objective about it. Our professional appraisers at Caliber Appraisal 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 selling price so your property will attract many interested buyers, a professional appraisal is very valuable as a negotiating tool once you have a potential buyer. It's something concrete to show your buyer. It's an independent third party's opinion of your house's price, and not just how much you think your house is worth. Interested buyers assume that you have an emotional attachment to your house and will be far more likely to give credibility to an accomplished appraiser's value estimation than yours.

PMI Removal Appraisals

A popular money saver for homeowners is getting the PMI canceled from their mortgage loan, thus saving them money on their monthly payments. PMI stands for "Private Mortgage Insurance". Once your mortgage loan is less than 80% of the value of your house, in most cases you can apply to the lender to have the PMI eliminated from your loan, which will make your monthly payments go down. At Caliber Appraisal, we're veterans in helping homeowners just like you delete unneeded PMI insurance.

Challenging King county's assessment of your property

If you live in an area that is declining or not appreciating as much as other houses nearby, your local tax assessor may have your house overvalued. This only means you are most likely paying higher taxes than you should be paying. Since your property assessment may likely go up again in the next period, the earlier you take care of a matter like this, the better off you'll be. Getting an expert appraisal from Caliber Appraisal is your chief weapon when challenging your property tax assessment.

Was your HELOC recently frozen?

Your lender just might decide to automatically freeze your home equity line of credit (HELOC) if your home is in a declining area -- even if your specific property has not declined in value. This can be be negative on your credit score since it may appear as though that credit line is maxed out, and also disadvantageous from a cash flow viewpoint. Caliber Appraisal can help you reinstate your home equity line of credit with an expert appraisal.

We Also Offer Field and Desktop Appraisal Review Services

Would you prefer a second opinion without the added expense and delay of waiting for a whole new appraisal? Or do you desire an expert to double-check your appraisal for accuracy? We can go out and check the subject and comps in a field review. Or, if you need it ASAP, we can provide you with a 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 you may have in your possession. Even though this is typically requested by banks, you may desire to make use of this service if you suspect mortgage fraud related to your house.