Need an appraisal in Buzzards Bay or County?

The top reasons MA homeowners hire Barnstable/Plymouth Appraisal Services:

  1. Find the right listing price (whether you're using a real estate agent or selling the home on your own)
  2. To challenge a MA property tax assessment
  3. Remove PMI to lower a monthly mortgage payment
  4. Reinstate your Home Equity Line of Credit (or HELOC)
  5. Verify another appraiser's report
  6. If real estate needs to be divided because of a divorce
  7. Settle an estate in MA by determining the true market value of real estate in question

Do you own a house in or near Buzzards Bay? Do you need help determining the price of your real estate?
Contact Barnstable/Plymouth Appraisal Services.

At Barnstable/Plymouth Appraisal Services, we understand the individual needs of a customer after appraisal services. Our business practices and reporting formats are familiar to our business clients like lenders, lawyers, and CPAs. Being a homeowner that most likely doesn't see an appraisal every day,we'll be sure you get extra guidance and explanations through the appraisal process to more fully understand what we do and how we report our findings.

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. 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 valuable 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 interested buyers. The appraisal is something tangible to show the buyer. It's an independent third party's opinion of your home's value, and not just how much your house is worth. Potential buyers assume that you have an emotional attachment to your home and will be more likely to give credibility to an expert appraiser's value estimation than yours.

PMI Removal Appraisals

Getting the PMI (Private Mortgage Insurance) removed from your mortgage loan is a fashionable way to save money for homeowners. Your monthly payments will go down once your mortgage loan amount is below 80% of the value of your property. In most cases you can apply to your lender to have the PMI canceled from your loan. At Barnstable/Plymouth Appraisal Services, we're veterans in helping clients just like you remove unneeded PMI insurance.

Challenging property tax assessments

Your local tax assessor may have your home overvalued if you live in an area that's declining or not appreciating as much as other homes close by. That means you are most likely paying more taxes than you should. Since your property assessment may likely go up again in the next period, the sooner you take care of a matter like this, the better. When challenging your property tax assessment, getting an expert appraisal from Barnstable/Plymouth Appraisal Services is your #1 weapon.

HELOC recently frozen?

Even if your specific property has not declined in value, your lender just might choose to automatically freeze your home equity line of credit (HELOC) if your property is in or near a declining area. This can be be negative on your credit score since it may appear as though that credit line is maxed out, and also inopportune from a cash flow standpoint. Barnstable/Plymouth Appraisal Services can help you reinstate your HELOC.

Do You Need Field and Desktop Appraisal Review Services?

Have you just accepted a copy of your appraisal and you would like to have a seasoned expert double-check it for verity or do you desire a second opinion without the expense and delay of waiting for a whole new appraisal? An appraiser from Barnstable/Plymouth Appraisal Services can go out and check the subject and comps in a field review. 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.

Do you need a retrospective review of an appraisal? Barnstable/Plymouth Appraisal Services can help you with that. While usually requested by banks, you may need to make use of this service if you suspect mortgage fraud related to your property.