Listing at the right price is crucial and a professional appraisal from Tom Cressotti will ensure you get it right.

If you're planning on selling your home soon, an appraisal is a must. Don't think of a professional appraisal as costing money; it pays in the long run! Unless a homeowner makes a career out of studying real estate values, like an appraiser, it's practically impossible for them to get a handle on real estate market forces.

This isn't a discussion of the costs of purchasing and upgrading your home, or how much you want for it. Instead, a appraisal provides a professional opinion on your home's market value.

Contact us for any questions regarding services specialized for home sellers.

Going to sell your home yourself?

An increasing amount of MA homeowners are deciding to sell their homes FSBO (For Sale By Owner) and foregoing the help of a real estate agent. But if you're going 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, we're human too, we understand its difficult difficult to take an objective look at own home because of your emotional attachment to it. We will inform you of what you need to know, not just what you want to hear.

In addition to helping you set a sensible selling price so your home will attract buyers, a professional appraisal can:

  • Be a very beneficial bargaining tool once you have a potential buyer
  • Impress buyers with written proof of your home's condition inside and out
  • Call attention to any problems and get rid of any last-minute repair hassles that might hold-up a closing
  • Help decrease the odds of unknown problems that cause sales to flop

Folks are sometimes surprised when they find out that their home's value is higher than they originally thought. So investing in an appraisal provided the data to support a sale for thousands more than they expected they would get. Alternatively, some people have an exaggerated opinion of the value of their home, and an appraisal helped them to to set a more reasonable price their home in order for it to sell quickly instead of sitting on the market for months. Selling too high rarely attracts buyers, reducing your offers, making closing more difficult, which can waste your valuable time and drain your resources while getting nothing done

Pre-listing appraisals in East Longmeadow

You may have an extremely skillful agent but it's definitely a good idea to have an objective third-party's opinion of value prior to signing a listing agreement. And that's where Tom Cressotti comes in. We can furnish you with a pre-listing appraisal that will let you and your agent have a definitive description of your home's features and a detailed analysis of the most recent and similar comparable sales or as they're commonly called, "comps".

A resource for for local real estate knowledge

Have you decided against an entire appraisal but still need some information about the health of your area's real estate? Maybe you feel like you don't need an "appraisal" but you still want assistance gathering local sales and property data. We offer services tailored especially for customers like you to assist with your real estate decisions.

Here's what you can expect when you place an order for an appraisal through us....

  • We take great pride in making sure that when you send your initial inquiry, you get a fast response: We will give you personalized information for your particular appraisal need. Just explain your situation and we will make suggestions.
  • Fast turnaround time: Normally in a weeks time or less from the date we receive the request, you'll have a PDF of the report in your e-mail inbox.
  • Appraisal and consulting report arrangements that suit YOUR needs: When it comes to appraisal and consulting, "One size does NOT fit all." We offer quite a few different of report types, and have know how at providing appraisals to clients minus the in an easy to read format without a lot of industry jargon.
  • Prompt response to follow-up questions: Our reports are written in plain English, understandable, and adhere to the Uniform Standards of Professional Practice that regulates the appraisal practice. Should you have any questions about your appraisal, after you've read the report, feel free to give us a call or email us!