Selling your home in or near Maricopa County? Contact John Wharton and make sure you're setting the price right.

If you're going to sell your home, you should seriously consider a professional appraisal. An appraisal doesn't cost that much and it pays in the long run! Unless a homeowner makes a career out of studying real estate values, like an appraiser, it's difficult for them to understand their local real estate market.

This isn't a discussion of how much you've spent buying and improving your home, or how much you want for it. Instead, the appraisal measures the true market value of your home.

Contact us for information regarding services specialized for home sellers.

Appraisals are valuable tools for people selling without an agent

An increasing amount of AZ homeowners are making the decision to sell their homes FSBO (For Sale By Owner) and foregoing the assistance of a real estate agent. But if you're going to do it right, with minimal waiting and for top dollar, what you need is a skilled appraiser. You need objective opinions, it can be very difficult 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.

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 when you find a potential buyer
  • Impress buyers with written proof of your home's condition inside and out
  • Make you aware of issues and eliminate overlooked repairs hassles that might stall a closing
  • Help decrease the chances of hidden problems that cause sales to backslide

People are surprised when they find out that their home's value is higher than they first thought. So investing in a professional appraisal provided the data to support a sale for several thousand more than they expected they would get. Others have an an exaggerated impression when they put a value on their home, and an appraisal helped them to to set a more reasonable price their home allowing them to quickly sell it instead of waiting on the market for months. An overpriced home rarely attracts buyers, reducing your offers, making closing more difficult, wasting valuable time, money, and efforts.

Get a professional value opinion before listing

You may have a highly talented agent but it's in your best interest to have an objective third-party's opinion of your home's value to signing a listing agreement. And that's where John Wharton comes in. We can furnish you with a pre-listing appraisal so both you and your agent have a definitive description of your home's features and a detailed breakdown of the latest and similar comparable sales which we typically refer to as "comps" in the appraisal industry.

Sometimes it's useful to have a general resource for local real estate knowledge

Not wanting to get a full appraisal but are looking for information about the real estate market in your area? You might feel like you don't need an "appraisal" but you require assistance collecting local sales and property data. We can be a resource for your real estate decisions with services especially tailored for customers with your real estate needs.

When you order an appraisal report from us, expect the following....

  • We pride ourselves on making sure that when you send your initial inquiry, you get a response ASAP: We will provide you with personalized information for your particular appraisal need. We'll be delighted to give you suggestions, just tell us what your situation is
  • Swift turnaround time: Typically in a weeks time or less from the date the request is received, you'll have a copy, in PDF of the report in your e-mail inbox.
  • Appraisal and consulting report arrangements to suit YOUR needs: We've worked on lots of assignments, and we understand that when providing real estateappraising there is no typical or standard, "generic" report. We offer a variety of report types, and have a lot of experience at providing appraisals to consumers minus the in an easy to read format without a lot of industry jargon.
  • Fast response to follow-up questions: When we create reports, we make sure they are clearly written, comprehensible to people outside the real estate industry, and adhere to the Uniform Standards of Professional Practice that governs the appraisal practice. Should you have any questions dealing your appraisal, once you've read the report, just give us a call or email us!