Attention homeowners: Real estate appraisal services for in Austin and Travis County

Here are the top seven reasons TX homeowners hire Jackson Appraisal Service:

Pre-listing appraisals (whether they're selling the home on their own or using an agent)
Challenge a property tax assessment
To reduce your mortgage payment by removing PMI
Reinstate your Home Equity Line of Credit (HELOC)
Verify a different appraiser's report
If real estate property needs to be divided because of a divorce
Settle an estate in TX by determining the true market value of real estate in question

Do you own a house in or near Austin? Do you need help determining the price of your real estate?
Contact Jackson Appraisal Service.

At Jackson Appraisal Service, we understand the unique needs of a homeowner after appraisal services. Our usual business clients are used to the appraisal process and the usual documents we provide. Being a regular homeowner that ordinarily doesn't see an appraisal every day,you can expect extra guidance and explanations through the appraisal process to better understand what we do and how we present our conclusions.

For Sale By Owner/Pre-Listing Services

Since you have an emotional attachment to your home, it's often very hard to be objective about it. Professional appraisers, like the ones at Jackson Appraisal Service, are objective. We will tell you what you need to know, not just what you want to hear. A professional appraisal is very valuable as a negotiating tool once you have an attainable buyer, in addition to helping you set a realistic selling price so your property will attract interested buyers. It's something concrete to show your buyer. It's an independent third party's opinion of your property's price, and not just you saying how much your home is worth. Potential buyers know that you have an emotional attachment to your house and will be more likely to give credibility to an experienced appraiser's value assessment than yours.

Need to cancel PMI?

A preferred way to cut costs for homeowners is getting the PMI canceled from their mortgage loan, thus saving them money on their monthly payments. PMI stands for "Private Mortgage Insurance". Once your mortgage loan is below 80% of the value of your home, in most cases you can apply to the lender to have the PMI canceled from your loan, which will make your monthly payments go down. At Jackson Appraisal Service, we're seasoned in helping people just like you abolish unwanted and unneeded PMI insurance.

Challenge property tax assessments

Lets say you live in an area that is declining -- your local tax assessor may have your home overvalued. This only means you're probably paying higher taxes than you should be paying. Since your property assessment may likely go up again in the next period, the faster you take care of things like this, the better off you'll be. An appraisal report from Jackson Appraisal Service is your chief weapon when contesting your property tax assessment.

Was your HELOC recently frozen?

Even if your specific property has not declined in value, your lender may just decide to automatically freeze your home equity line of credit (HELOC) if your house is close to a declining area. Not only can this be disadvantageous 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. Jackson Appraisal Service can provide you with efficient appraisal that will help you reinstate your HELOC.

Field and Desktop Appraisal Review Services

Do you need a seasoned professional to double-check your appraisal for accuracy, or do you want a second opinion without the expense and delay of waiting for a whole new appraisal? In a field review we will go out and check the subject and comps. If you need it in a rush, 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? Jackson Appraisal Service can help you with that. Even though this is usually requested by banks, you may wish to employ this service if you suspect mortgage fraud related to your home.