Appraisal services for home sellers - AK Appraisals

Selling your home in or near Anchorage County? Contact AK Appraisals and make sure you're setting the price right.

Selling your home? You would be wise to invest in a professional 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 an appraiser, it's hard for them to get a handle on local real estate values.

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. Instead, the appraisal measures the true market value of your home.

Going to sell your home yourself?

More and more AK homeowners are deciding 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 expert appraiser. It can be very difficult to get objective opinions, and we understand that it's hard 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 selling price to attract more potential buyers, a professional appraisal can:

Be a very helpful bargaining tool while speaking with a potential buyer
Put buyers at ease with written proof of the condition of your home inside and out
Call attention to any problems and eliminate last-minute repair hassles that might hold-up a closing
Lower the odds of unidentified problems that cause sales to fall through

Folks are sometimes surprised to discover the value of their home is a great deal more than they thought. So spending a little on an appraisal provided the data to support a sale for several thousand more than they could have gotten originally. Alternatively, some people have an overestimated opinion of the value of their home, by getting an appraisal it helped them to to set a more reasonable price their home in order for it to sell quickly instead of gathering dust on the market for months. An overpriced home will not attract buyers, which means no offers and no closing, wasting valuable time, money, and efforts.

Get a professional value opinion before listing

You may have an extremely talented agent but it's definitely a good idea to have of your home's value to finalizing a listing agreement. AK Appraisals can help. An appraisal can be extremely helpful in this scenario. You and agent will get a comprehensive breakdown of your property and its features and give you insight into how the local real estate market is performing with a detailed analysis of recent comparable properties in the area.

We also offer general consulting

Don't need a full appraisal but are looking for information about the health of your area's real estate? You might feel like you don't need an "appraisal" but you require some help gathering local sales and property data. We offer services tailored especially for clients like you to help with your real estate decisions.

If your curious what you'll be getting from us when you order an appraisal just take a look....

We take great pride in making sure that when you send your initial inquiry, you get a response ASAP: We tailor 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 formats that 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 fast follow-up from AK Appraisals: When we write reports, we make sure they are written in plain English, comprehensible to people outside the real estate industry, and meet or exceed the Uniform Standards of Professional Practice that regulates the appraisal practice. Should you have any questions about your appraisal, once you've read the report, we suggest that you email or call us!