Be an informed seller. Get an appraisal from John Alve, Real Estate Appraisals.

If you're planning on selling your home soon, an appraisal is a step in the right direction. An appraisal doesn't cost that much and it pays you in the long run! Unless a homeowner spends hours every week on real estate valuation, like an appraiser, it's difficult for them to fully grasp their local real estate market.

We are not talking about how much you have invested in your home, or the amount you'd like to get for it. Rather, the appraisal measures your home's market value. Once you break it all down, at the end of the day, your house is only going to sell for the price another person is going to pay.

Contact us for details regarding our specialized services for home sellers.

Need help setting a price when selling yourself?

More and more Oregon homeowners are making the decision 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 skilled appraiser. The best thing to have is an objective opinion, it's very difficult to be objective about your own home because of your emotional attachment to it. We will explain to you what you need to know, not just what you want to hear.

Not only will getting a professional appraisal help you set a sound selling price to attract more potential buyers, a professional appraisal can:
  • Allow you to have the edge while bargaining when you find a potential buyer
  • Impress buyers with written proof of the condition of your home's interior and exterior
  • Make you aware of problems and eliminate overlooked repairs hassles that might delay a closing
  • Lower the odds of hidden problems that cause sales to flop
It can be surprising to people to discover their home's value is higher than they first thought. So taking the first step and investing in an appraisal provided the data to support a sale for thousands more than they originally thought. Others have an an overestimated opinion when they put a value on their home, and an appraisal helped them to to realistically price their home in order for it to sell quickly - rather than waiting on the market for months. Asking too much for a home will not attract buyers, reducing your offers, making closing more difficult, wasting valuable time, money, and efforts.

We also help agents price homes in Washington County

Even if you have an extremely talented agent, it's in your best interest to have an objective third-party's opinion of your home's value before finalizing a listing agreement. Let John Alve, Real Estate Appraisals help. We can furnish you with a pre-listing appraisal that will let you and your agent have an accurate writeup of your home's characteristics and a detailed analysis of the most recent and similar comparable sales or as they're commonly called, "comps".

Consulting services for Hillsboro Sellers: Keep a local expert at your disposal

Not wanting to get an entire appraisal but are looking for information about the real estate market in your area? We can be a resource for your real estate quandaries with services especially designed for clients with your real estate needs.

This is a little bit of what you can expect when you place an order for an appraisal through us...

  • Fast response to your initial inquiry: We will provide you with information tailored for your individual appraisal need. Just tell us your situation, and we will make suggestions.
  • Swift turnaround time: Normally in a week's time or less from the date we receive the request, you'll have a PDF of the report ready to download.
  • Appraisal and consulting report presentations to suit YOUR needs: When dealing with appraisal and consulting, one size does NOT fit all. We provide quite a few different report types and have know how at providing appraisals to consumers minus the industry jargon so that you don't have to be real estate attorney to read it.
  • Fast response to follow-up questions: Documents we deliver are clearly written, understandable, and adhere to the Uniform Standards of Professional Practice that regulates the appraisal practice. If you have any inquiries about your appraisal once you've read the report, we encourage you to email or call us!