Getting an appraisal from Anderson Appraisals before putting your Coeur D Alene 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 a homeowner spends hours every week on real estate valuation, like a professional appraiser does, it's hard for them to understand local real estate values.

You, as a homeowner, might be focused on the costs of purchasing and upgrading your home, or how much you want to sell it for. 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 worth the price another person is going to give you.


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Need help setting a price when selling yourself?

An increasing amount of Idaho homeowners are deciding to sell their homes FSBO (For Sale By Owner) and foregoing the assistance of a real estate agent. But to do it right, quickly and for the best price, what you need is a professional appraisal. It can be very difficult to get an objective opinion, it's very hard to take an objective look at 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.

In addition to helping you set a sensible selling price to attract more potential buyers, a professional appraisal can:

Give you an advantage while bargaining when you find a potential buyer
Put buyers at ease with written proof of the condition of your home's interior and exterior
Make you aware of problems and get rid of any overlooked repairs hassles that might delay a closing
Help lower the possibility of unknown problems that cause sales to flop

It can be surprising to people to discover the value of their home is higher than they first thought. So taking the first step and investing in an appraisal provided the data to support a sale for several thousand more than they could have originally gotten. Alternatively, some people have an inflated impression when they put a value on their home, and an appraisal gave them the assistance they needed in order to realistically price their home - allowing them to quickly sell it - instead of waiting on the market for months. Asking too much for a home will not attract buyers, reducing your offers, making closing more difficult, wasting your valuable time and draining your resources while you're in Real Estate "limbo".

We also help agents price homes in Kootenai County

Even if you have a very skillful agent, it's in your best interest to have an unbiased second opinion of value prior to finalizing a listing contract. Anderson Appraisals can help. We can furnish you with a pre-listing appraisal that will let you and your agent have an accurate summarizing of your home's features and a detailed breakdown of the most recent and similar comparable sales or as they're commonly called, "comps".

We also are available for general consulting

Don't need a full appraisal but still need some information about the real estate market in your area? We can help solve 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 through Anderson Appraisals...

Immediate response to your initial inquiry: We will give you information tailored for your particular appraisal need. We'll be more then happy to give you suggestions - just tell us what your situation is.
Quick turnaround time: Usually in a week's time or less from the date the request is received, you'll have a PDF of the report ready to download.
Appraisal and consulting report formats that suit YOUR needs: We've preformed a large amount of assignments, and we've learned that when providing real estate appraising, there is no typical or standard "generic" assignment. We offer quite a few different types of reports and have an abundance of experience at providing appraisals to consumers that keep the industry jargon to a minimum and in an easy to digest format with consumers in mind.
Fast reply to follow-up questions: When we write reports, we make sure they are written in plain English, comprehensible to people outside the real estate industry, and meet or exceed the Uniform Standards of Professional Practice that regulates the appraisal practice. If you have any inquiries about your appraisal once you've read through the report, we encourage you to email or call us!