Attention homeowners: Real estate appraisal services for in Auburn and Barrow County

Check out the top seven reasons Georgia homeowners call on Larry Bridges:

1. Get a pre-listing appraisal (whether they're selling the home on their own or using a real estate agent)
2. Challenge Barrow County's assessment of your property
3. Remove PMI to reduce a mortgage payment
4. To reinstate their Home Equity Line of Credit (or HELOC)
5. Review a different appraiser's report for verification
6. If real estate property needs to be divided because of a divorce
7. To determine the true market value of real estate to settle an estate in Georgia

	Do you own a house in or near Auburn? Do you need help deciding the value of your real estate? Contact Larry Bridges.

At Larry Bridges, we understand the particular needs of a customer in need of appraisal services. The appraisal process and reporting formats are relatively routine to our business clients like banks, lawyers, and CPAs. As our client, we'll be sure you get extra guidance and explanations through the appraisal process to more clearly understand what we do and how we document the results of our analysis.

For-Sale-by-Owner (FSBO) / Pre-Listing Services

Since you have an emotional attachment to your house, it's often very hard to be objective about it. Our professional appraisers at Larry Bridges are objective. We won't just tell you what you want to hear, we will tell you what you need to know. A professional appraisal is a crucial negotiating tool once you have a likely buyer, in addition to helping you set a realistic selling price so your property will attract interested buyers. It's something tangible to show the buyer. An appraisal is an independent third party's opinion of your home's value -- not just you saying how much your home is worth. Interested buyers assume you have an emotional attachment to your house and will be more likely to give credibility to an expert appraiser's value assessment than yours.

Challenge Tax Assessment

Let's say your home is not appreciating as much as other homes close by -- your local tax assessor may have your home overvalued. This means you are probably paying higher taxes than you should be paying. The quicker you take care of a matter like this, the better, since your property assessment may likely go up again in the next period. Getting an appraisal report from Larry Bridges is your perfect weapon when contesting your property tax assessment.

PMI Removal Appraisals

Getting the PMI (Private Mortgage Insurance) canceled from your mortgage loan is an attractive way to cut expenses for homeowners. Your monthly payments will go down 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. We're qualified in helping people just like you delete unwanted and unneeded PMI insurance.

Recently got a freeze to your HELOC?

If your home is close to a declining area, your lender just might decide to automatically freeze your home equity line of credit (HELOC) - even if your specific property has not declined in value. Not only can this be unsuitable from a cash flow viewpoint, but it can be bad for your credit score since it may appear as though that credit line is maxed out. Larry Bridges can help you reinstate your home equity line of credit with a professional appraisal.

Field and Desktop Appraisal Review Services

Have you just gotten a copy of your appraisal and you'd prefer to have an expert double-check it for accuracy or do you desire a second opinion without the cost and delay of waiting for a whole new appraisal? An appraiser from Larry Bridges can go out and check the subject and comparables in a field review. Or, if you need it ASAP, we can 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? We can assist you. Although most appraisal reviews are requested by lenders for quality control, homeowners suspecting they've been the victim of mortgage fraud are prudent to invest in a second opinion.