|
Appraisal Services
American Home Appraisals is the firm to rely upon for accurate
market value estimates.
Our experienced, full-time staff of real estate
appraisers are experts in determining the value of your property.
(Click Here to view Senior
Appraiser's Resume)
Our appraisers are on the "Approved List" with more
than 100 different nationwide lenders.
Purpose of the
Appraisal Service
- Mortgage Lending (Banks, mortgage brokers, private financing, FNMA,
Freddiemac)
- Legal matters
(Divorce, Taxes, IRS, Estate, partnerships, Partial Interest, Neighbor
disputes)
- PMI Removal
- Historic Value
- Tax Assessment or Property Tax Reduction
-
Insurance and damage properties (Insured and market
values)
- Government condemnation/taking
- Value prior to listing a property for sale (Market
Value)
- Suitability for "Conventional or FHA" financing
-
Consultation on how to increase the value of a property
- Review (Lender, Governmental, Legal)
- ERC - Relocation Appraisals
Types of Property We Appraise
If it's Residential in
nature, we have the talent and ability to determine the value.
Homes:
- Recreational cabins
- Manufactured or Mobile homes
- New
construction
- Homes in subdivisions
- Waterfront
- Log
- Geodesic Dome
- Historic Properties
- PUD's (Planned Unit Development)
- Attached
or semi-detached
- Estate
- Trophy - or one of a kind custom homes
-
Fixer-uppers and damaged
- One home or an entire subdivision
Condominiums:
- Studio
- Townhouse
- High-rise
- Recreational or urban living
-
Single units or entire complexes
Multi-Family:
- Any apartment building or multi-plex with 4 units or less
Vacant Land:
- Small recreational lots
- Residential sites
- Small and large
acreage tracts
- Residential subdivisions
- Easements and restrictions on
sites
Appraisal Fees
Residential appraisal
fees are determined by:
- Type of appraisal (Determination of value)
- Type of property
/ home
- Complexity of the appraisal research
- Difficulty in obtaining
data or finding comparable sale
- Turn-around time
- Type of report need
by the Client
Full appraisals can cost between $300 - $5,000 with the
standard "Bank" appraisal (URAR 1004) costing around $450.
Appraisals for legal purposes cost approximately $100 more due
to the additional research and data checking.
Appraisal Reviews start at $150
Appraisal Forms
Any type of appraisal
reporting format can be delivered from standard "bank" forms up to extensive
Narrative appraisal formats.
- FNMA URAR 1004
- FNMA URAR 2055
- FNMA URAR 2065
- FNMA URAR 2075
-
FORM 704
- ERC
- Narrative
- OTHER: Rental comps, Operating income,
Final inspection (442)fSmall recreational lots
- Residential sites
- Small
and large acreage tracts
- Residential subdivisions
- Easements and
restrictions on sites
Appraisal Service Area
Our normal service area
is King, Pierce and Snohomish counties. For special projects we will
appraise in all areas of Washington State.
Our normal service area
includes the cities and surrounding areas of:
- Seattle
- Everett
- Tacoma
- Bellevue
- Issaquah
- North Bend
- Redmond
- Renton
- Kent
- Auburn
- Algona
- Pacific
- Enumclaw
- Fife
|
- Puyallup
- Marysville
- Monore
- Snoqualmie
- Mercer Island
- Lynwood
- Edmonds
- Vashon Island
- Newcastle
- Sammamish
- Lake Forest Park
- ... and many others
|
For information about Appraisers, the appraisal process and
the banking system
we suggest a visit to the Real Estate Advisor at:
www.The RealEstate-Advisor.com
Real Estate Rental Agreements:
http://www.rentalagreements.com
© 1997-2004 American Home Appraisals, LLC - All rights reserved.
|
