Don't Overpay For Your New Home...
Protect Yourself By Getting Your Own Independent Home Appraisal
You've been shopping for a new home and you've finally found one that you think you'd like to make an offer on - or you've already made an offer...but you're not quite sure what the property is worth. Obviously you don't want to overpay, but how can you know for sure what it's worth?
This is where we can help you. One of the best ways to make sure you're not overpaying for your new home is to hire an independent real estate appraiser to provide you with an unbiased opinion of value.
No One Cares More About Your Money Than YOU
No one else cares more about your money than you. Not your real estate agent, not the bank, and certainly not the seller. That's why it's up to you to make sure you don't overpay for your new home.
The hard truth is that it's in everyone else's best interest to make sure the deal goes through, regardless of whether or not you're overpaying. You're the only one who really cares if you're overpaying for your new home and it's up to you to prevent that from happening.
Don't make the mistake of relying on the bank appraiser to protect you from overpaying for your new home.
Often times, the appraiser hired by the lender is prompted to "make the number" (i.e. to make sure the appraised value comes in at or higher than the purchase price). Although, this type of unethical (and illegal) behavior is deplorable, rest assured that it happens all too often.
Protect yourself by hiring your own independent real estate appraiser to provide you with an unbiased opinion of the property's value. Only then can you have the peace of mind of knowing that you're not overpaying for your new home.
Don't Be Penny-Wise and Pound-Foolish
The purchase of a home is likely to be the largest financial transaction of your life - it pays not to be "penny-wise and pound-foolish." Hiring an independent real estate appraiser to provide you with a professionally prepared appraisal report of your prospective new home is one of the smartest things you can do in this situation.
Investing just a few hundred dollars on an independent home appraisal prior to buying could save you as much as $10,000, $20,000...even $50,000 or more.
Just some of the benefits that a professional appraisal report can:
- Give you peace of mind that you're not overpaying for your new home.
- Be an extremely valuable tool for negotiating a lower purchase price with a seller.
- Potentially save you thousands, if not, tens of thousands of dollars by not overpaying.
"Recently you appraised a condo that my husband and I were interested in buying. Given the crazy real-estate market, we knew we could not trust the appraisal that would be provided by a lender, so we wanted a truly independent appraisal. As neither of us had a clue how to go about finding and appraiser in NYC, we simply turned to the Internet. Picking someone from the web always seems to be a chancy proposition. However, in this case our choice was excellent. In every way you impressed me with your professionalism and knowledge. You returned my initial call promptly. You arrived on time. You did a very through job at in inspecting the condo. At the end, my daughter did her best to get you to give a “ballpark” estimate on the spot, but I was very pleased to see that you insisted that you could not provide a meaningful estimate until you had all the information in hand. We received the appraisal report 3 days after the appraisal and it was extremely detailed. And all this for a very reasonable price. I would recommend you enthusiastically to anyone I know who needed an appraisal in NYC."
Sarah Lenington, PhD
Brooklyn, NY
Our staff of professional NY Real Estate Appraisers provide home appraisals in
Nassau County and Suffolk County on Long Island, as well as Queens, Brooklyn & Manhattan in NYC.
