Real estate appraisal services for homeowners in the city of Buzzards Bay and County

Check out the top seven reasons MA homeowners need Barnstable/Plymouth Appraisal Services:

  1. Pre-listing appraisals (whether they're selling the home on their own or using a real estate agent)
  2. Challenge county's assessment of your property
  3. To reduce their monthly mortgage payment by removing PMI
  4. Reinstate your Home Equity Line of Credit (HELOC)
  5. Review a different appraiser's report for verification
  6. In the case of a MA divorce, when property needs to be divided
  7. To settle an estate in MA by determining the true market value of real estate in question

Do you own a home in or near Buzzards Bay? Do you need help deciding the value of your real estate?
Contact Barnstable/Plymouth Appraisal Services.

At Barnstable/Plymouth Appraisal Services, we understand the individual needs of a customer seeking appraisal services. While our usual clients understand the appraisal process and standard reporting formats, you as a consumer will get extra customer service in the form of an explanation of the process and even special consumer-friendly reporting forms if the assignment allows for them.

Pre-listing Services/For Sale By Owner

Since you have an emotional attachment to your own house, it's often very hard to be objective about it. Our professional appraisers at Barnstable/Plymouth Appraisal Services are objective. We won't just tell you what you want to hear, we will tell you what you need to know. A professional appraisal is a very valuable negotiating tool once you have a potential buyer, in addition to helping you set a realistic selling price so your property will attract many interested buyers. It's something tangible to show the buyer. The appraisal is an independent third party's opinion of your property's value, not just you saying how much you think your house is worth. Potential buyers assume that you have an emotional attachment to your house and will be more likely to give credibility to a professional appraiser's value report than yours.

PMI Removal Appraisals

Getting the PMI (Private Mortgage Insurance) eliminated from your mortgage loan is a preferred way to cut costs for homeowners. Once your mortgage loan amount is down below 80% of the value of your property, in most cases you can apply to the lender to have the PMI removed from your loan, which will make your monthly payments go down. At Barnstable/Plymouth Appraisal Services, we're seasoned in helping consumers just like you rid themselves of undesirable PMI insurance.

Challenge property tax assessments

Lets say you live in a local area that is declining -- your local tax assessor may have your house overvalued. This means you are probably paying higher taxes than you should be paying. The sooner you take care of a matter like this, the better, since your property assessment may likely go up again in the next period. When contesting your property tax assessment, getting an expert appraisal from Barnstable/Plymouth Appraisal Services is your perfect weapon.

Was your HELOC recently frozen?

Your lender might just choose to automatically freeze your home equity line of credit (HELOC) if your home is near a declining area -- even if your specific property has not declined in value. This can this be unsuitable from a cash flow viewpoint, and damaging to your credit score since it may appear as though that credit line is maxed out. Barnstable/Plymouth Appraisal Services can help you reinstate your home equity line of credit with efficient appraisal.

Need Field and Desktop Appraisal Review Services?

Do you need a seasoned expert to double-check your appraisal for preciseness, or do you want a second opinion without the added cost and delay of waiting for a whole new appraisal? Barnstable/Plymouth Appraisal Services offers field reviews where we'll go out and check the subject and comparables in question. Or, if you're in a rush, we can provide desk review and verify as many facts as we can using online data sources as well as our own files.

Do you need a retrospective review of an appraisal report? Barnstable/Plymouth Appraisal Services can We can assist you. While typically requested by banks, you may need to exercise this service if you suspect mortgage fraud related to your house.