Attention homeowners: Real estate appraisal services for in Phoenix and Maricopa County

The top seven reasons why AZ homeowners hire Desert Mountain Appraisal Services, LLC:

To get a pre-listing appraisal (whether you're using an agent or selling the home on your own)
Challenge a property tax assessment
To cut your mortgage payments by removing PMI
To reinstate your Home Equity Line of Credit (HELOC)
To review a different appraiser's report for verification
If property needs to be divided because of a divorce
Settle an estate in AZ by determining the true market value of real estate in question

Do you own a home in or near Phoenix? Do you need help deciding the price of your real estate?
Contact Desert Mountain Appraisal Services, LLC.

At Desert Mountain Appraisal Services, LLC, we understand the unique needs of a homeowner looking for appraisal services. While our typical clients understand the appraisal process and standard reporting formats, you as a consumer will get extra customer service in the form of an explanation of the process and even special consumer-friendly reporting forms if the assignment allows for them.

Pre-listing Services/For Sale By Owner

Since you have an emotional attachment to your home, it's often very hard to be objective about it. A professional appraiser is objective and will tell you what you need to know, not just what you want to hear. A professional appraisal is very important as a negotiating tool once you have a likely buyer, in addition to helping you set a realistic price to sell at so your home will attract interested buyers. It's something concrete to show your buyer. An appraisal is an independent third party's opinion of your house's price -- not just how much you think your house is worth. Interested buyers know you have an emotional attachment to your house and will be more likely to give credibility to a qualified appraiser's value judgement than yours.

Appraisals to cancel PMI

PMI stands for Private Mortgage Insurance. A preferred way to cut costs for homeowners is getting the PMI eliminated from their mortgage loan, thus saving them money on their monthly payments. Your monthly payments will go down once your mortgage loan is below 80% of the value of your property. In most cases you can apply to the lender to have the PMI removed from your loan. We're veterans in helping folks just like you abolish unnecessary PMI insurance.

Challenge Maricopa county's assessment of your property

Lets say your house is not appreciating as much as other houses close to yours -- your local tax assessor may have your home overvalued. That means you're probably paying more taxes than you should. The faster you take care of things like this, the better off you'll be, since your property assessment may likely go up again in the next period. When contesting your property tax assessment, getting an expert appraisal from Desert Mountain Appraisal Services, LLC is your perfect weapon.

Recently got a freeze your HELOC?

Even if your specific property has not declined in value, your lender just might decide to automatically freeze your home equity line of credit (HELOC) if your home is in a declining area. Not only can this be troublesome from a cash flow point of view, but it can be bad for your credit score since it may appear as though that credit line is maxed out. An appraisal from Desert Mountain Appraisal Services, LLC can help you reinstate your HELOC.

Need Field and Desktop Appraisal Review Services?

Have you just gotten a copy of your appraisal and you would wish to have a seasoned expert double-check it for efficiency or do you need a second opinion without the expense and delay of waiting for a whole new appraisal? In a field review we'll go out and check the subject and comps. If you need it immediately, we'll provide desk review and verify as many facts as we can using online data sources as well as our own files.

Do you need a retrospective review of an appraisal? Desert Mountain Appraisal Services, LLC can help with that too. While typically requested by banks, you may wish to exercise this service if you suspect mortgage fraud related to your house.