Putting a house on the market in or near Oakland County? Contact Blake Appraisal Corp. and make sure you're setting the price right.

Selling your home? You would be wise to invest in an appraisal. Don't think of an appraisal as purely an expense; it pays you 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 fully grasp real estate market forces.

You, as a homeowner, might be thinking about the costs of purchasing and upgrading your home, or the amount you need to get for it. Rather, the appraisal measures the true market value of your home. Once you break it all down, at the end of the day, your house is only going to sell for what another person is going to give you.


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Selling on your own?

More and more Michigan homeowners are deciding 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, quickly and to get the most you can, what you need is a qualified appraiser. The best thing to have is an objective opinion, we're human too, we understand its difficult hard to be objective about your own home because of your emotional attachment to it. We will tell you what you need to know, not just what you want to hear.

Not only will getting a professional appraisal help you set a sound asking price to attract more potential buyers, a professional appraisal can:

Be a very useful bargaining tool once you have a potential buyer
Impress buyers with written proof of your home's condition inside and out
Call attention to any issues and eliminate last-minute repair hassles that might delay a closing
Help lower the chances of unrevealed problems that cause sales to backslide

Folks are sometimes surprised to discover the value of their home is more than they originally believed. So spending a little on an appraisal allowed them to get several thousand more than they originally expected. Alternatively, some people have an inflated impression of their home's value, and an appraisal helped them to to set a more reasonable price for their home in order for it to sell quickly - instead of waiting on the market for months. Asking too much for a home causes buyers to back off, which means no offers and no closing, wasting valuable time, money, and efforts.

You can also significantly increase the "Wow" factor of your home by engaging a Home Staging service prior to listing your property for sale. A quality Stager will be able to present your home in the best possible light for prospective buyers. Typically, homes that are professionally Staged sell quicker and for greater amounts. For further information on home Staging services, click on the following link:

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We also help agents price homes in Oakland County

Even if you have a very skilled agent, it's definitely a good idea to have an analysis of your home's value before finalizing a listing agreement. And that's where Blake Appraisal Corp. comes in. An appraisal can be extremely helpful in this scenario. You and your agent will get a comprehensive description for the unique features of your property which will give you insight into how the local real estate market is performing with a detailed analysis of recent comparable properties in the area.

Blake Appraisal Corp. is available for general consulting

Don't need a full appraisal but still need some information about how Oakland real estate is doing in your area? We can be a resource for your real estate concerns with services especially designed for customers with your real estate needs.

After you order an appraisal report through us, expect the following....

Prompt response to your initial inquiry: We tailor information to the needs of our customers. Just tell us your situation, and we will provide suggestions.
Fast turnaround for appraisals: Normally in a week's time or less from the date we receive the request, you'll have a PDF of the report ready to download.
Appraisal and consulting report presentations to suit YOUR needs: We've preformed many of assignments, and we've learned that when providing real estate appraising, there is no typical or standard "cookie cutter" assignment. We provide quite a few different report types and have a lot of experience at providing appraisals to consumers that keep the industry jargon to a minimum so that you don't have to be real estate attorney to understand it.
Prompt to follow-up questions: Our reports are clearly written, understandable, and meet or exceed the Uniform Standards of Professional Practice that regulates the appraisal practice. If you have any inquiries about your appraisal once you've read the report, we suggest that you simply email or call us!

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