Listing at the right price is crucial and a professional appraisal from Norman Leckie Appraisals will ensure you get it right.

If you're planning on selling your home soon, a professional appraisal is absolutely necessary. An appraisal doesn't cost that much and it pays you in the long run! Unless a homeowner makes a career out of studying real estate values, like a professional appraiser does, it's practically impossible for them to fully grasp real estate market forces.

This isn't a discussion of how much you've spent buying and improving your home, or how much you want to sell it for. Instead, a appraisal provides a professional opinion on how much your home will bring on the open market.

Contact us for details regarding the specific services for home sellers we offer.

Need help setting a price when selling yourself?

More and more TN homeowners are making the decision to sell their homes FSBO (For Sale By Owner) and foregoing the help 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 expert appraiser. It can be very difficult to get objective opinions, we're human too, we understand its difficult difficult to be objective about your own home because of your emotional attachment to it. We will tell you 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 beneficial negotiating tool while speaking with a potential buyer
  • Impress buyers with written proof of the condition of your home inside and out
  • Call attention to any issues and get rid of any last-minute repair hassles that might delay a closing
  • Decrease the chances of unidentified problems that cause sales to backslide

People are surprised to discover the value of their home is more than they originally believed. So by taking the first step and spending a little on a professional appraisal provided the data to support a sale for thousands more than they originally expected. Alternatively, some people have an exaggerated assessment of their home's value, and an appraisal helped them to to set a more reasonable price their home allowing them to quickly sell it instead of waiting on the market for months. An overpriced home will not attract buyers, which means no offers and no closing, wasting valuable time, money, and efforts.

Pre-listing appraisals in Jefferson County

You might have a very skilled agent but it's definitely a good idea to get an unbiased second opinion of value prior to signing a listing agreement. And that's where Norman Leckie Appraisals comes in. We can furnish you with a pre-listing appraisal so both you and your agent have an accurate description of your home's features and a detailed breakdown of the latest and similar comparable sales or as they're commonly called, "comps".

Consulting services for Jefferson County Sellers: Have a local expert at your disposal

Don't need an entire appraisal but are looking for information about how the real estate market is doing in your area? If you feel like you don't need an "appraisal" but you need some help gathering local property and sales data. We offer services tailored for the needs of clients like you to help with your real estate decisions.

This is a little bit of what to expect when you place an order for an appraisal from ....

  • We pride ourselves on making sure that when you send your initial inquiry, you get a prompt response: We personalize information to the needs of our customers Just tell us your situation and offer you suggestions.
  • Quick turnaround time: Usually one week or less from the date we receive the request, you'll have a copy, in PDF of the report in your e-mail inbox.
  • Consulting and Appraisal report arrangements to suit YOUR needs: When dealing with appraisal and consulting, "One size does NOT fit all." We provide quite a few different of report types, and have an abundance of experience 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 write reports, we make sure they are written in plain English, easy to understand, and adhere to the Uniform Standards of Professional Practice that regulates the appraisal practice. Should you have any confusion dealing your appraisal, after you've read through the report, we encourage you to email or call us!