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

The top seven reasons AZ homeowners hire Northern Arizona Appraisal, Inc.:

  1. To get a pre-listing appraisal (whether they're selling the home on their own or using a real estate agent)
  2. Challenge a property tax assessment
  3. To cut a mortgage payment by removing PMI
  4. To reinstate your Home Equity Line of Credit (or HELOC)
  5. Verify a different appraiser's report
  6. In the case of a AZ divorce, when real estate property needs to be divided
  7. Settle an estate in AZ by determining the true market value of property in question

Own a home in or near Phoenix, AZ and need help deciding the value of it?
Contact Northern Arizona Appraisal, Inc..

At Northern Arizona Appraisal, Inc., we understand the individual needs of a consumer looking for appraisal services. The appraisal process and reporting formats are relatively routine to our business clients like lenders, attorneys, and CPAs. Being a regular consumer that probably doesn't look at appraisals every day,you will receive extra guidance and explanations through the appraisal process to better understand what we do and how we present our conclusions.

Pre-listing Services/For Sale By Owner

Since you have an emotional attachment to your own home, it's often very hard to be objective about it. Professional appraisers, like the ones at Northern Arizona Appraisal, Inc., are objective. We will tell you what you need to know, not just what you want to hear. In addition to helping you set a realistic price to sell at so your property will attract many interested buyers, a professional appraisal is very crucial as a negotiating tool once you have an attainable buyer. The appraisal is something tangible to show your buyer. An appraisal is an independent third party's opinion of your property's value -- not just you saying how much your house is worth. Interested buyers assume you have an emotional attachment to your home and will be far more likely to give credibility to an experienced appraiser's value estimation than yours.

Need to cancel PMI?

An attractive way to cut expenses for homeowners is to get the PMI removed from their mortgage loan, thus saving them money on their monthly payments. PMI stands for "Private Mortgage Insurance". Once your mortgage loan is less than 80% of the value of your house, in most cases you can apply to your lender to have the PMI eliminated from your loan, which will make your monthly payments go down. At Northern Arizona Appraisal, Inc., we're experienced in helping customers just like you abolish unneeded and unwanted PMI insurance.

Challenging Maricopa county's assessment of your property

If you live in a region that is declining or not appreciating as much as other properties close by, your local tax assessor may have your house overvalued. That means you are paying more taxes than you should. The sooner you take care of a matter like this, the better off you'll be, since your property assessment may likely go up again in the next period. A professional appraisal from Northern Arizona Appraisal, Inc. is your number one weapon when challenging your property tax assessment.

Was your HELOC recently frozen?

Even if your specific property has not declined in value, your lender just may decide to automatically freeze your home equity line of credit (HELOC) if your property is near a declining area. Not only can this be difficult and inconvenient from a cash flow point of view, but it can be detrimental to your credit score since it may appear as though that credit line is maxed out. A professional appraisal from Northern Arizona Appraisal, Inc. can help you reinstate your HELOC.

Need Field and Desktop Appraisal Review Services?

Do you need a seasoned professional to double-check your appraisal for precision, or do you want a second opinion without the charge and delay of waiting for a whole new appraisal? In a field review we will go out and check the subject and comparables in question. 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.

Need a retrospective review of an appraisal report? We can help with that too. While usually requested by banks, you may need to employ this service if you suspect mortgage fraud related to your house.