Getting an appraisal from Central Maine Appraisals before putting your Androscoggin County home on the market saves you time and money.

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 the homeowner spends hours every week on real estate valuation, like a professional appraiser does, it's difficult for them to fully grasp 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 to sell it for. Instead, a appraisal provides a professional opinion on your home's market value.

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

For Sale By Owner?

An increasing amount of ME 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 for the best price, what you need is a qualified appraiser. It can be very difficult to get objective opinions, and we understand that it can be very hard 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 to attract more potential buyers, a professional appraisal can:

  • Be a very beneficial bargaining tool when you find a potential buyer
  • Put buyers at ease with written proof of your home's condition inside and out
  • Make you aware of issues and eliminate overlooked repairs hassles that might delay a closing
  • Help decrease the chances of unidentified problems that cause sales to flop

It can be surprising to people when they find out that the value of their home is quite a bit more than they thought. So by taking the first step and spending a little on a professional appraisal allowed them to receive thousands more than they originally thought. Alternatively, some people have an inflated opinion when they put a value on their home, and an appraisal 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 rarely attracts buyers, which means no offers and no closing, wasting valuable time, money, and efforts.

Pre-listing appraisals in Lewiston

You might have a highly experienced agent but it's in your best interest to get an objective third-party's opinion of value prior to finalizing a listing agreement. Central Maine Appraisals can help. We can provide you with a pre-listing appraisal so both you and your agent have an accurate writeup of your home's features and a detailed analysis of the latest and similar comparable sales or as they're commonly called, "comps".

Central Maine Appraisals also offer 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 analyzing local property and sales data. We offer services designed for the needs of clients like you to help with your real estate decisions.

If your wondering what to expect from when you order an appraisal just take a look....

  • Immediate response to your initial inquiry: We tailor information to the needs of our clients We'll be delighted to give you suggestions, just let us know what your situation is
  • Swift turnarounds for appraisals: Usually in a weeks time or less from the date the request is received, we can have a PDF of the report in your e-mail inbox.
  • Appraisal and consulting report formats to suit YOUR needs: We've preformed lots of assignments, and we've learned that when it comes real estateappraising there isn't a typical or standard, "cookie cutter" report. We provide quite a few different of types of reports, and have a lot of experience at providing appraisals to clients minus the so that you don't have to be qualified loan officer to read it.
  • Quick response to follow-up questions: Reports we create are written in plain English, easy to understand, and meet or exceed the Uniform Standards of Professional Practice that moderates the appraisal practice. Should you have any inquiries dealing your appraisal, once you've read the report, feel free to give us a call or email us!