Selling your home in or near Yavapai County? Contact Piper & Associates and make sure you're setting the price right.

If you're planning on selling your home soon, an appraisal is absolutely necessary. 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 local real estate values.

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 how much your home will bring on the open market.

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

Appraisals are valuable tools for homeowners selling without an agent

Quite a few AZ homeowners are making the decision to sell their homes FSBO (For Sale By Owner) and foregoing the help of a real estate agent. But to do it right, quickly and to get the most you can, you need a professional appraisal. The best thing to have is objective opinions, it's very hard to take an objective look at 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 so your home will attract buyers, a professional appraisal can:

  • Allow you to have the edge while negotiating while speaking with a potential buyer
  • Impress buyers with written proof of the interior and exterior condition of your home
  • Call attention to any issues and eliminate last-minute repair hassles that might stall a closing
  • Lower the chances of hidden problems that cause sales to backslide

People are surprised when they find out that the value of their home is more than they originally believed. So spending a little on an appraisal provided the data to support a sale for several thousand more than they expected they would get. Alternatively, some people have an inflated impression of their home's value, and an appraisal helped them to to set a more reasonable price their home in order for it to sell quickly instead of waiting on the market for months. Selling too high rarely attracts buyers, reducing your offers, making closing more difficult, which can waste your valuable time and drain your resources while getting nothing done

Get a comprehensive appraisal before listing

You may have a highly skillful agent but it's definitely a good idea to get of your home's value to signing a listing agreement. And that's where Piper & Associates comes in. An appraisal can be indispensable in a scenario like this. You and agent will get a detailed description for the unique features of your property and give you insight into the health of the local real estate market with a record of recent comparable properties in the area.

We also are available for general consulting

Not wanting to get an entire appraisal but would like some information about how the real estate market is doing in your area? Maybe you feel like you don't need an "appraisal" but you'd still like some help collecting local sales and property data. We can help solve your real estate decisions with services especially tailored for consumers with your real estate needs.

After you order an appraisal report through us, you can expect....

  • We take great pride in making sure that when you send your initial inquiry, you get a immediate response: We will provide you with personalized information for your individual appraisal need. Just let us know your situation and we will make suggestions.
  • Quick turnarounds for appraisals: Usually one week or less from the date we receive the request, we can have a PDF of the report in your e-mail inbox.
  • Consulting and Appraisal report arrangements to suit YOUR needs: When it comes to appraisal and consulting, "One size does NOT fit all." We provide a variety of report types, and are familiar at providing appraisals to consumers that keep the industry jargon to a minimum so that you don't have to be qualified loan officer to read it.
  • Any follow up questions? You can expect a fast follow-up from Piper & Associates: When we create 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 moderates the appraisal practice. If you have any questions regarding your appraisal, after you've read the report, just give us a call or email us!