Selling your home in or near Alameda County? Contact Eliana Alves-Silva and make sure you're setting the price right.

If you're planning on selling your home soon, an appraisal is a must. 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 an appraiser, it's difficult for them to get a handle on their local real estate market.

While important, an appraisal is not about the costs of purchasing and upgrading your home, or how much you want to sell it for. Rather, an appraisal assesses the true market value of your home.

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

Need help setting a price when selling yourself?

An increasing amount of CA homeowners are deciding to sell their homes FSBO (For Sale By Owner) and foregoing the help of a real estate agent. But to do it right, quickly and to get the most you can, what you need is a professional appraisal. You need objective opinions, and we understand that it's difficult 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 sensible asking price to attract more potential buyers, a professional appraisal can:

  • Be a very useful bargaining tool once you have a potential buyer
  • Put buyers at ease with written proof of the condition of your home's interior and exterior
  • Alert you of problems and get rid of any overlooked repairs hassles that might delay a closing
  • Lower the odds of unrevealed problems that cause sales to go up in smoke

It can be surprising to people to discover the value of their home is higher than they first thought. So investing in an appraisal provided the data to support a sale for thousands more than they originally thought. Others have an an exaggerated assessment of the value of their home, by getting an appraisal it helped them to to realistically price their home in order for it to sell quickly instead of waiting on the market for months. An overpriced home rarely attracts buyers, which means no offers and no closing, wasting valuable time, money, and efforts.

Pre-listing appraisals in Alameda County

You may have an extremely skilled agent but it's definitely a good idea to have an objective third-party's opinion of your home's value to signing a listing agreement. And that's where Eliana Alves-Silva comes in. We can provide you with a pre-listing appraisal that will let you and your agent have a definitive writeup of your home's characteristics and a detailed breakdown of the latest and similar comparable sales which we typically refer to as "comps" in the appraisal industry.

Consulting services for Alameda County Sellers: Keep a local expert at your disposal

Not sure if you need a full appraisal but are looking for information about how the real estate market is doing in your area? If you feel like an appraisal is not necessary but you require some help analyzing local sales and property data. We have services tailored especially for customers like you to assist with your real estate decisions.

When you order an appraisal report from us, you can expect....

  • We take great pride in making sure that when you send your initial inquiry, you get a response ASAP: We tailor information to the needs of our clients We'll be thrilled to provide suggestions, just let us know what your situation is
  • Fast turnarounds on appraisals: Normally in a weeks time or less from the date the request is received, we can have a PDF of the report in your e-mail inbox.
  • Appraisal and consulting report arrangements to suit YOUR needs: We've done lots of assignments, and we know that in the business of real estateappraising there isn't a typical or standard, "generic" assignment. We offer a lot of different of types of reports, and have know how at providing appraisals to consumers that keep the industry jargon to a minimum in an easy to read format without a lot of industry jargon.
  • Fast to follow-up questions: Reports we create are clearly written, comprehensible to people outside the real estate industry, and adhere to the Uniform Standards of Professional Practice that governs the appraisal practice. Should you have any inquiries regarding your appraisal, once you've read through the report, we encourage you to email or call us!