Selling your home in or near Kenton County? Contact Chapman Appraisal Service and make sure you're setting the price right.

If you're planning on selling your home soon, an appraisal is a must. Don't think of a professional appraisal as costing money; it pays in the long run! Unless the homeowner makes a career out of studying real estate values, like an appraiser, it's hard for them to understand real estate market forces.

This isn't a discussion of the costs of purchasing and upgrading your home, or the amount you need to get for it. Rather, a appraisal provides a professional opinion on the true market value of your home.

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

For Sale By Owner?

An increasing amount of KY 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, you need a professional appraisal. The best thing to have is 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 inform you of what you need to know, not just what you want to hear.

In addition to helping you set a realistic selling price to attract more potential buyers, a professional appraisal can:

  • Be a very beneficial bargaining tool 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 get rid of any overlooked repairs hassles that might delay a closing
  • Help decrease the possibility of unrevealed problems that cause sales to flop

People are surprised when they find out their home's value is higher than they originally thought. So by taking the first step and investing in a professional appraisal provided the data to support a sale for thousands more than they originally thought. Alternatively, some people have an overestimated impression when they put a value on their home, and an appraisal helped them to to realistically price their home in order for it to sell quickly rather than sitting on the market for months. Selling too high rarely attracts buyers, reducing your offers, making closing more difficult, which can waste your valuable time and drain your resources while getting nothing done

We also help agents price homes in Kenton County

You may have a very skillful agent but it's definitely a good idea to have an unbiased second opinion of value prior to signing a listing agreement. Chapman Appraisal Service can help. We can provide you with a pre-listing appraisal that will let you and your agent have a precise summarizing of your home's features and a detailed analysis of the newest and similar comparable sales or as they're commonly called, "comps".

We also offer general consulting

Not wanting to get a full appraisal but still need some information about the health of your area's real estate? Maybe you feel like you don't need an "appraisal" but you need some help gathering local sales and property data. We can be a resource for your real estate dilemmas with services especially designed for customers with your real estate needs.

Here's what you can expect when you order an appraisal through us....

  • We take great pride in making sure that when you send your initial inquiry, you get a fast response: We will give you information tailored for your individual appraisal need. Just let us know your situation and we will make suggestions.
  • Fast turnaround time: Usually one week or less from the date the request is received, you'll have a copy, in PDF of the report in your e-mail inbox.
  • Appraisal and consulting report arrangements that suit YOUR needs: We've preformed a large amount of assignments, and we've learned that in the business of real estateappraising it's naive to think there's a typical or standard, "cookie cutter" report. We offer quite a few different of types of reports, and are familiar at providing appraisals to clients without so much of industry jargon so that you don't have to be qualified loan officer to read it.
  • Fast reply to follow-up questions: Documents we deliver are written in plain English, easy to understand, and meet or exceed the Uniform Standards of Professional Practice that moderates the appraisal practice. Should you have any questions regarding your appraisal, once you've read through the report, we suggest that you email or call us!