Getting an appraisal from Horizon Appraisal (805) 735-3889 before putting your Santa Barbara County home on the market saves you time and money.

If you're planning on selling your home soon, a professional appraisal is absolutely necessary. Don't think of a professional appraisal as costing money; it's worth the money in the long run! Unless the homeowner spends hours every week on real estate valuation, like an appraiser, it's practically impossible for them to get a handle on real estate market forces.

While important, an appraisal is not about the costs of purchasing and upgrading your home, or how much you want for it. Rather, a appraisal provides a professional opinion on your home's market value.

Contact us for details regarding services specialized for home sellers.

For Sale By Owner?

More and more CA homeowners are deciding 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, with minimal waiting and for the best price, you need a qualified appraiser. You need objective opinions, and we understand that it can be very difficult to take an objective look at 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.

Not only can getting a professional appraisal help you set a astute selling price so your home will attract buyers, a professional appraisal can:

  • Give you an advantage while bargaining when you find a potential buyer
  • Impress buyers with written proof of the interior and exterior condition of your home
  • Alert you of issues and get rid of any overlooked repairs hassles that might delay a closing
  • Help lower the chances of unidentified problems that cause sales to flop

People are surprised when they find out the value of their home is higher than they first thought. So by taking the first step and spending a little on a professional appraisal allowed them to get thousands more than they expected they would get. Alternatively, some people have an overestimated assessment of the value of their home, by getting an appraisal it helped them to to realistically price their home in order for it to sell quickly instead of sitting on the market for months. Selling too high will not attract buyers, reducing your offers, making closing more difficult, which can waste your valuable time and drain your resources while getting nothing done

Pre-listing appraisals in Lompoc

You might have a very talented agent but it's definitely a good idea to have an objective third-party's opinion of value prior to finalizing a listing agreement. Horizon Appraisal (805) 735-3889 can help. We can furnish you with a pre-listing appraisal so both you and your agent have an accurate description of your home's features and a detailed analysis of the newest and similar comparable sales which we typically refer to as "comps" in the appraisal industry.

Serving Santa Barbara County with the highest quality real estate consulting services

Don't need a full appraisal but are looking for information about how the real estate market is doing in your area? You might feel like you don't need an "appraisal" but you need some help gathering local property and sales data. We can provide assistance for your real estate dilemmas with services especially designed for consumers with your real estate needs.

Here's what to expect when you order an appraisal from us....

  • We pride ourselves on making sure that when you send your initial inquiry, you get a response ASAP: We personalize information to the needs of our customers We'll be more then happy to give you suggestions, just let us know what your situation is
  • Swift turnaround time: 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 to suit YOUR needs: We've preformed quite a few of assignments, and we know that in the art of real estateconsulting and appraising it's naive to think there's a typical or standard, "generic" assignment. We provide a variety of types of reports, and are skillful at providing appraisals to consumers minus the so that you don't have to be qualified loan officer to read it.
  • Prompt response to follow-up questions: Reports we write are clearly written, comprehensible to people outside the real estate industry, and meet or exceed the Uniform Standards of Professional Practice that regulates the appraisal practice. Should you have any inquiries regarding your appraisal, once you've read the report, just give us a call or email us!