Getting an appraisal from Lenders Appraisal Services, Inc. before putting your Dakota County home on the market saves you time and money.

If you're planning on selling your home soon, an appraisal is absolutely necessary. An appraisal doesn't cost that much and it's worth the money 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 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.

Contact us for details regarding services specialized for home sellers.

Selling on your own?

An increasing amount of MN 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 professional appraisal. You need 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 astute asking price to attract more potential buyers, a professional appraisal can:

  • Be a very beneficial bargaining tool once you have a potential buyer
  • Impress buyers with written proof of your home's condition inside and out
  • Call attention to any problems and eliminate last-minute repair hassles that might hold-up a closing
  • Lower the possibility of unrevealed problems that cause sales to backslide

Folks are sometimes surprised to discover the value of their home is more than they originally believed. So spending a little on a professional appraisal allowed them to get thousands more than they originally expected. Alternatively, some people have an inflated opinion when they put a value on their home, by getting an appraisal it gave then the assistance they needed in order to set a more reasonable price their home allowing them to quickly sell it rather than gathering dust on the market for months. An overpriced home will not attract buyers, reducing your offers, making closing more difficult, wasting valuable time, money, and efforts.

Pre-listing appraisals in Dakota County

You may have a highly talented agent but it's in your best interest to have an unbiased second opinion of value prior to signing a listing agreement. Let Lenders Appraisal Services, Inc. help. We can provide you with a pre-listing appraisal that will let you and your agent have an accurate description of your home's features and a detailed analysis of the latest and similar comparable sales which we typically refer to as "comps" in the appraisal industry.

We also are available for general consulting

Not sure if you need a full appraisal but would like some information about how real estate is doing in your area? Maybe you feel like you don't need an "appraisal" but you still want some help analyzing local sales and property data. We have services tailored for the needs of consumers like you to help with your real estate decisions.

When you order an appraisal report from , you can expect....

  • We pride ourselves on making sure that when you send your initial inquiry, you get a response ASAP: We will give you information tailored for your particular appraisal need. Just let us know your situation and offer you suggestions.
  • Swift turnarounds on appraisals: Normally in a weeks time or less from the date we receive the request, we can have a copy, in PDF of the report in your e-mail inbox.
  • Appraisal and consulting report arrangements that suit YOUR needs: We've preformed lots of assignments, and we've learned that in the business of real estateappraising there is no typical or standard, "generic" report. We offer a lot of different of types of reports, and have a lot of experience at providing appraisals to consumers sans the in an easy to read format without a lot of industry jargon.
  • Prompt to follow-up questions: Reports we write are written in plain English, understandable, and adhere to the Uniform Standards of Professional Practice that governs the appraisal practice. If you have any confusion dealing your appraisal, once you've read the report, we suggest that you email or call us!