Have confidence in your listing price with an appraisal from Clearfork Appraisals.

Avoid having your home on the market too long or selling yourself short by getting an appraisal to demonstrate the right listing price.

So many people are blown away when they find out that the market value of their home is a lot more than they'd planned, so investing in an appraisal from Clearfork Appraisals actually allowed these people to receive several thousand more dollars than they thought they would when their home was sold. Others have an inflated opinion of their home's amount of value and an appraisal helped them to decide on a realistic price for their home in order for it to sell. Overpriced homes do not attract potential buyers, which means you have wasted time on money and are left with no offers. Each month that your home is still on the market is another month you have to pay the mortgage. And in the meantime, you're stuck paying the mortgage while your house is still sitting on the market.

In today's changing market, hiring a licensed appraiser is the best way to get a skillful listing price for your home.

If you're working with a real estate agent to list your property, more than likely, they'll provide you with a comparative market analysis (or a CMA) that includes similar sale homes in your local area. It's a customary starting point in determining your home's listing price. If you're going to maximize your profit and minimize the house's time on the market, this is a crucial step.

In our opinion, however, you should also get an appraisal from someone who tracks real estate values for living - BEFORE putting your home on the market - even if you're working with an experienced agent.

And that's where Clearfork Appraisals can help you! We can do a pre-listing appraisal so both you and your agent have a detailed analysis of the most recent and similar comp sales and an accurate description of your home's features.

A skillful appraisal from Clearfork Appraisals can help you decide on a realistic selling price so your house will appeal to potential buyers, and we'll also:

Be a very valuable negotiating tool once you have an interested buyer
Provide written proof of your house's condition inside and out to blow away buyers
Eliminate repair hassles at the eleventh hour and make you aware of problems that might delay a closing
Cut down the chances of unknown complications that can cause your sale to fall through
Do away with waiting for the buyer's appraisal to have assurance the deal can be underwritten.

Improvements that add value to your home

In addition to "how much?", there may be more important questions to ask yourself before listing your property. You should ask yourself questions like "Would it be better to paint the outside of the house before we sell it?", "Should I put in that new bathroom?", "Do I need to finish my closet remodel?" Everything we do to our houses can have an effect on their value. But everything will affect it in a different way. While a kitchen remodel may improve your home's appeal, it may not add nearly enough to the value to justify the expenses.

We'll step in and help make these important decisions. Unlike an agent, an appraiser has no vested interest in what amount the house sells for. Our fees are based on efforts to complete the report, and not a percentage of your home's sale price. An appraisal fee from Clearfork Appraisals is based on our efforts to finalize your report, and are not a percentage of your home's sale price. Our fees are not a percentage of your home's sale price — our appraisal fees are based on efforts to finalize your report. A professional appraisal from Clearfork Appraisals helps you make the decisions on investing in their house and settling on a fair price to sell at.