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

Selling your home? You would be wise to invest in an appraisal. Don't think of a professional appraisal as costing money; it pays in the long run! Unless a homeowner makes a career out of studying real estate values, like a professional appraiser does, it's difficult for them to get a handle on real estate market forces.

While important, an appraisal is not about the costs of purchasing and upgrading your home, or how much you want to sell it for. Rather, the appraisal measures the true market value of your home.

Contact us for information regarding services specialized for home sellers.

Going to sell your home yourself?

An increasing amount of MD homeowners are deciding to sell their homes FSBO (For Sale By Owner) and foregoing the help of a real estate agent. But to do it right, with minimal waiting and to get the most you can, what you need is a professional appraisal. It can be very difficult to get objective opinions, and we understand that it can be very 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.

Not only will getting a professional appraisal help you set a realistic selling price so your home will attract buyers, a professional appraisal can:

  • Be a very helpful negotiating tool once you have a potential buyer
  • Impress buyers with written proof of the interior and exterior condition of your home
  • Call attention to any issues and eliminate overlooked repairs hassles that might delay a closing
  • Help lower the odds of unrevealed problems that cause sales to go up in smoke

Folks are sometimes surprised to discover their home's value is more than they originally believed. So investing in a professional appraisal provided the data to support a sale for thousands more than they originally thought. Others have an an inflated opinion of the value of their home, by getting an appraisal it helped them to to realistically price their home allowing them to quickly sell it instead of gathering dust on the market for months. Selling too high will not attract buyers, reducing your offers, making closing more difficult, wasting valuable time, money, and efforts.

Pre-listing appraisals in Frederick County

You might have an extremely skillful agent but it's definitely a good idea to have an objective third-party's opinion of value prior to signing a listing agreement. And that's where Adam Appraisals comes in. We can provide you with a pre-listing appraisal so both you and your agent have a precise writeup of your home's features and a detailed breakdown of the newest and similar comparable sales which we typically refer to as "comps" in the appraisal industry.

Adam Appraisals also offer general consulting

Don't need a full appraisal but would like some information about how real estate is doing in your area? If you feel like you don't need an "appraisal" but you need assistance analyzing local sales and property data. We can provide assistance for your real estate dilemmas with services especially tailored for clients with your real estate needs.

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

  • Prompt response to your initial inquiry: We will give you personalized information for your particular appraisal need. Just let us know your situation and provide suggestions.
  • Quick turnarounds for appraisals: Normally in a weeks time or less from the date the request is received, you'll have a PDF of the report in your e-mail inbox.
  • Appraisal and consulting report formats to suit YOUR needs: We've done a large amount of assignments, and we've learned that practice of real estateconsulting and appraising there is no typical or standard, "generic" assignment. We provide a variety of types of reports, and have know how at providing appraisals to clients sans the in an easy to read format without a lot of industry jargon.
  • Fast reply to follow-up questions: When we deliver a report to our clients, we make sure they are written in plain English, understandable, and adhere to the Uniform Standards of Professional Practice that moderates the appraisal practice. Should you have any inquiries regarding your appraisal, once you've read the report, we encourage you to email or call us!