Attention homeowners: Real estate appraisal services for in DUVALL and King County

The top seven reasons WA homeowners call on SGC Appraisal, LLC:

Get a pre-listing appraisal (whether you're using a real estate agent or selling the home on your own)
To challenge a WA property tax assessment
Remove PMI to reduce their mortgage payments
To reinstate your Home Equity Line of Credit (HELOC)
To review a different appraiser's report for verification
If property needs to be divided because of a divorce
To settle an estate in WA by determining the true market value of property in question

Own a home in or near DUVALL, WA and need help deciding the value of it?
Contact SGC Appraisal, LLC.

We at SGC Appraisal, LLC understand the individual needs of a consumer in need of appraisal services. While our usual business clients understand the appraisal process and standard reporting formats, you as a consumer will get extra service in the form of an explanation of the process and even special consumer-friendly reporting forms if the assignment allows for them.

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. A professional appraiser is objective and will tell you what you need to know, not just what you want to hear. A professional appraisal is very crucial as a negotiating tool once you have an interested buyer, in addition to helping you set a realistic price to sell at so your property will attract buyers. The appraisal is something concrete to show the buyer. It's an independent third party's opinion of your property's value, and not just how much your house is worth. Interested buyers assume you have an emotional attachment to your house and will be much more likely to give credibility to an experienced appraiser's value opinion than yours.

Need to remove PMI?

A popular way to save money for homeowners is getting the PMI removed from their mortgage loan, thus saving them money on their monthly payments. PMI stands for "Private Mortgage Insurance". Your monthly payments will go down once your mortgage loan is below 80% of the value of your house. In most cases you can apply to the lender to have the PMI removed from your loan. At SGC Appraisal, LLC, we're seasoned in helping customers just like you get rid of unwanted and unneeded PMI insurance.

Challenging a property tax assessment

Your local tax assessor may have your house overvalued if your house is not appreciating as much as other homes close by. That only means you're paying more taxes than you should. Since your property assessment may likely go up again in the next period, the earlier you take care of things like this, the better off you'll be. Getting an appraisal from SGC Appraisal, LLC is your chief weapon when challenging your property tax assessment.

HELOC recently frozen?

Even if your specific property has not declined in value, your lender just might make the decision to automatically freeze your home equity line of credit (HELOC) if your home is in a declining area. This can this be difficult from a cash flow standpoint, and detrimental to your credit score since it may appear as though that credit line is maxed out. SGC Appraisal, LLC can provide you with efficient appraisal that will help you reinstate your HELOC.

We Also Provide Field and Desktop Appraisal Review Services

Would you wish a second opinion without the added expense and delay of waiting for a whole new appraisal? Or do you want a seasoned appraiser to double-check your appraisal for precision? SGC Appraisal, LLC offers field reviews where we'll go out and check the subject and comparables. Or, if you need it immediately, we can provide you with a 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 you with that Even though this is usually requested by banks, you may want to make use of this service if you suspect mortgage fraud related to your property.