Listing at the right price is crucial and a professional appraisal from Ferguson Appraisal Services, LLC will ensure you get it right.

Selling your home? You would be wise to invest in an appraisal. An appraisal doesn't cost that much and it pays you in the long run! Unless the homeowner makes a career out of studying real estate values, like an appraiser, it's hard for them to understand their local real estate market.

While important, an appraisal is not about how much you have invested in your home, or the amount you need to get for it. Instead, the appraisal measures how much your home will bring on the open market.

Contact us for details regarding services specialized for home sellers.

Need help setting a price when selling yourself?

More and more MO homeowners are making the decision to sell their homes FSBO (For Sale By Owner) and foregoing the assistance of a real estate agent. But if you're going to do it right, with minimal waiting and for top dollar, what you need is a professional appraisal. It can be very difficult to get objective opinions, it can be very hard to take an objective look at 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 can getting a professional appraisal help you set a astute selling price to attract more potential buyers, a professional appraisal can:

  • Be a very useful bargaining tool when you find a potential buyer
  • Put buyers at ease with written proof of the condition of your home inside and out
  • Call attention to any problems and eliminate overlooked repairs hassles that might hold-up a closing
  • Help decrease the odds of unknown problems that cause sales to fall through

People are surprised to discover their home's value is higher than they originally thought. So investing in a professional appraisal allowed them to get several thousand more than they could have gotten originally. Others have an an inflated assessment when they put a value on their home, and an appraisal helped them to to realistically price their home allowing them to quickly sell it rather than sitting on the market for months. Selling too high rarely attracts buyers, which means no offers and no closing, which can waste your valuable time and drain your resources while getting nothing done

Get a comprehensive appraisal before listing

Even if you're working with an extremely talented agent, it's definitely a good idea to have of your home's value to signing a listing agreement. Ferguson Appraisal Services, LLC can help. An appraisal can be invaluable in a scenario like this. You and agent will get a detailed breakdown of your property and its features which will give you insight into the health of the local real estate market with a detailed analysis of recent comparable properties in the area.

Consulting services for Kansas City Sellers: Keep a local expert at your disposal

Not sure if you need an entire appraisal but would like some information about the real estate market in your area? You might feel like an appraisal is not necessary but you require some help analyzing local property and sales data. We offer services designed especially for clients like you to assist with your real estate decisions.

Here's what you can 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 tailor information to the needs of our clients Just tell us your situation and provide suggestions.
  • Fast turnarounds for appraisals: Typically one week or less from the date we receive the request, we can have a PDF of the report in your e-mail inbox.
  • Appraisal and consulting report formats that suit YOUR needs: We've done a large amount of assignments, and we know that when it comes real estateconsulting and appraising there is no typical or standard, "generic" assignment. We provide a lot of different of types of reports, and are skilled at providing appraisals to clients minus the in an easy to read format without a lot of industry jargon.
  • Any follow up questions? You can expect a fast follow-up from Ferguson Appraisal Services, LLC: When we deliver a report to our clients, we make sure they are clearly written, comprehensible to people outside the real estate industry, and meet or exceed the Uniform Standards of Professional Practice that moderates the appraisal practice. If you have any confusion dealing your appraisal, once you've read through the report, just give us a call or email us!