Getting an appraisal from Benchmark Appraisals before putting your Morgan Hill home on the market saves you time and money.

If you're going to sell your home, you should seriously consider a professional appraisal. Don't think of a professional appraisal as costing money; it pays in the long run! Unless the homeowner studies real estate values on a day to day basis, like an appraiser, it's difficult for them to fully grasp real estate market forces.

We are not talking about the costs of purchasing and upgrading your home, or the amount you'd like to get for it. Rather, a appraisal provides a professional opinion on how much your home will bring on the open market.

Contact us for details regarding our specialized services for home sellers.

For Sale By Owner?

An increasing amount of CA homeowners are deciding 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 to get the most you can, what you need is a professional appraisal. You need objective opinions, and we understand that it's hard to take an objective look at 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.

Not only can getting a professional appraisal help you set a sensible selling price to attract more potential buyers, a professional appraisal can:

  • Allow you to have the edge while bargaining once you have a potential buyer
  • Put buyers at ease with written proof of the interior and exterior condition of your home
  • Make you aware of problems and eliminate overlooked repairs hassles that might hold-up a closing
  • Help prevent the chances of unrevealed problems that cause sales to go up in smoke

It can be surprising to people when they find out that the value of their home is higher than they originally thought. So investing in a professional appraisal allowed them to get several thousand more than they expected they would get. Alternatively, some people have an inflated opinion 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 gathering dust on the market for months. An overpriced home rarely attracts buyers, which means no offers and no closing, wasting valuable time, money, and efforts.

Get a professional value opinion before listing

Even if you're working with a very skilled agent, it's in your best interest to have an unbiased second opinion of value prior to signing a listing agreement. And that's where Benchmark Appraisals comes in. We can provide you with a pre-listing appraisal so both you and your agent have a precise writeup of your home's characteristics and a detailed analysis of the most recent and similar comparable sales which we typically refer to as "comps" in the appraisal industry.

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

Have you decided against a full appraisal but still need some information about how real estate is doing in your area? If you feel like you don't need an "appraisal" but you'd still like some help collecting local property and sales data. We have services tailored for the needs of clients like you to help with your real estate decisions.

This is a little bit of what you can expect when you order an appraisal from us....

  • Immediate response to your initial inquiry: We tailor information to the needs of our customers We'll be more then happy to give you suggestions, just tell us what your situation is
  • Quick turnaround time: Normally one week or less from the date the request is received, we can have a copy, in PDF of the report in your e-mail inbox.
  • Consulting and Appraisal report arrangements that suit YOUR needs: We've worked on a lot of assignments, and we understand that practice of real estateconsulting and appraising it's naive to think there's a typical or standard, "boiler place" report. We offer quite a few different of types of reports, and are well seasoned at providing appraisals to clients that keep the industry jargon to a minimum so that you don't have to be qualified loan officer to read it.
  • Quick reply to follow-up questions: When we create reports, we make sure they are written in plain English, comprehensible to people outside the real estate industry, and adhere to the Uniform Standards of Professional Practice that moderates the appraisal practice. If you have any confusion dealing your appraisal, once you've read the report, we encourage you to email or call us!