Attention homeowners: Real estate appraisal services for in Grapevine and Tarrant County

Here are the top seven reasons why TX homeowners hire Brown Appraisal Team:

  1. To get a pre-listing appraisal (whether you're using an agent or selling the home on your own)
  2. Challenge a property tax assessment
  3. To cut a mortgage payment by removing PMI
  4. Reinstate your Home Equity Line of Credit (or HELOC)
  5. To review another appraiser's report for verification
  6. If real estate property needs to be divided because of a divorce
  7. Settle an estate in TX by determining the true market value of property in question

Need help determining the price of your home in or near Grapevine, TX?
Contact Brown Appraisal Team.

At Brown Appraisal Team, we understand the individual needs of a homeowner seeking appraisal services. Our business practices and reporting formats are familiar to our business clients like banks, lawyers, and CPAs. Being a consumer that probably doesn't look at appraisals on a regular basis,we will provide you with extra guidance and explanations through the appraisal process to better understand what we do and how we document our findings.

For Sale By Owner/Pre-Listing Services

Since you have an emotional attachment to your own home, it's often very hard to be objective about it. The professional appraisers at Brown Appraisal Team will tell you what you need to know -- not just what you want to hear. We are objective. A professional appraisal is a crucial negotiating tool once you have a potential buyer, in addition to helping you set a realistic price to sell at so your home will attract interested buyers. The appraisal is something tangible to show the buyer. The appraisal is an independent third party's opinion of your property's value, not just how much you think your house is worth. Potential buyers assume you have an emotional attachment to your house and will be much more likely to give credibility to a qualified appraiser's value report than yours.

Appraisals to remove PMI

PMI stands for Private Mortgage Insurance. A preferred way to cut costs for homeowners is getting the PMI eliminated from their mortgage loan, thus saving them money on their monthly payments. 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 eliminated from your loan, which will make your monthly payments go down. At Brown Appraisal Team, we're experienced in helping folks just like you delete unneeded PMI insurance.

Challenging a property tax assessment

Lets say you live in an area that's declining -- your local tax assessor may have your home overvalued. This only means you are going to pay higher taxes than you should be paying. The earlier 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. Getting an appraisal from Brown Appraisal Team is your chief weapon when contesting your property tax assessment.

HELOC recently frozen?

Your lender might just choose to automatically freeze your home equity line of credit (HELOC) if your home is in a declining area -- even if your specific property has not declined in value. This can this be difficult and inconvenient from a cash flow standpoint, and detrimental to your credit score since it may appear as though that credit line is maxed out. Brown Appraisal Team can help you reinstate your home equity line of credit with efficient appraisal.

We Also Offer Field and Desktop Appraisal Review Services

Have you just gotten a copy of your appraisal and you would wish to have a veteran appraiser double-check it for efficiency or do you need a second opinion without the added expense and delay of waiting for a whole new appraisal? An appraiser from Brown Appraisal Team can go out and check the subject and comps in a field review. Or, if you're in a rush, we can 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? We can help with that too. While usually requested by banks, you may desire to exercise this service if you suspect mortgage fraud related to your house.