Putting a house on the market in or near Williamson County? Contact Southern Illinois Appraisal and make sure you're setting the price right.

Selling your home? You would be wise to invest in a professional appraisal. An appraisal doesn't cost that much and it pays you in the long run! Unless the homeowner spends hours every week on real estate valuation, like an appraiser, it's practically impossible for them to understand the nuances of their local real estate market.

This isn't a discussion of how much you've spent buying and improving your home, or how much you want for it. Rather, an appraisal assesses your home's market value.

Contact us for details regarding our specialized services for home sellers.

Selling on your own?

More and more IL homeowners are making the decision to sell their homes FSBO (For Sale By Owner) and foregoing the help of a real estate agent. But to do it right, quickly and to get the most you can, you need a skilled appraiser. It can be very difficult to get objective opinions, it's very 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 sensible asking price to attract more potential buyers, a professional appraisal can:

  • Be a very helpful negotiating tool once you have a potential buyer
  • Impress buyers with written proof of the condition of your home inside and out
  • Call attention to any problems and get rid of any last-minute repair hassles that might stall a closing
  • Help lower the possibility of unrevealed problems that cause sales to backslide

It can be surprising to people when they find out the value of their home is a great deal more than they thought. So by taking the first step and spending a little on an appraisal provided the data to support a sale for several thousand more than they expected they would get. Others have an an exaggerated opinion when they put a value on their home, and an appraisal helped them to to set a more reasonable price their home in order for it to sell quickly rather than waiting on the market for months. Selling too high will not attract buyers, which means no offers and no closing, wasting valuable time, money, and efforts.

Pre-listing appraisals in Marion

You might have a very skillful agent but it's definitely a good idea to get an objective third-party's opinion of value prior to signing a listing agreement. Southern Illinois Appraisal can help. An appraisal can be indispensable in this scenario. You and agent will get a comprehensive breakdown of your property and its features which will give you insight into how the local real estate market is performing with a record of recent comparable properties in the area.

Sometimes it's useful to have a general resource for local real estate knowledge

Don't need an entire appraisal but still need some information about the real estate market in your area? Maybe you feel like an appraisal is not necessary but you'd still like some help analyzing local sales and property data. We have services tailored especially for clients like you to assist with your real estate decisions.

This is a little bit of what you can expect when you place an order for an appraisal from ....

  • Fast response to your initial inquiry: We personalize information to the needs of our clients Just let us know your situation and give you suggestions.
  • Swift turnaround time: Typically one week or less from the date the request is received, we can have a PDF of the report in your e-mail inbox.
  • Appraisal and consulting report arrangements to suit YOUR needs: We've preformed many of assignments, and we know that in the art of real estateappraising there isn't a typical or standard, "boiler place" report. We offer quite a few different of types of reports, and are skilled at providing appraisals to consumers without a lot of industry jargon so that you don't have to be qualified loan officer to read it.
  • Any follow up questions? You can expect a quick follow-up from Southern Illinois Appraisal: When we deliver a report to our clients, we make sure they are written in plain English, simple to understand, and adhere to the Uniform Standards of Professional Practice that regulates the appraisal practice. If you have any confusion dealing your appraisal, once you've read through the report, feel free to give us a call or email us!