Attention homeowners in Powder Springs and Paulding County: Get an Appraisal today!

The top 7 reasons why Georgia homeowners need Southern Star Real Estate Services:

  1. Pre-listing appraisals (whether you're using a real estate agent or selling the home on your own)
  2. Challenge Paulding county's assessment of your propertyvalue
  3. Remove PMI to cut your monthly mortgage payment
  4. Reinstate their Home Equity Line of Credit (HELOC)
  5. Review a different appraiser's report for verification
  6. In the case of a Georgia divorce, when real estate property needs to be divided
  7. To determine the true market value of property in question to settle an estate

Need help deciding the price of your house in or near Powder Springs, Georgia?
Contact Southern Star Real Estate Services.

At Southern Star Real Estate Services, we understand the particular needs of a customer looking for appraisal services. The appraisal process and reporting formats are familiar to our business clients like banks, lawyers, and accountants. Being a regular consumer that probably doesn't see an appraisal every day,you will receive extra guidance and explanations through the appraisal process to more fully understand what we do and how we document the results of our analysis.

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 selling price so your home will attract buyers. The appraisal is something concrete to show your buyer. It's an independent third party's opinion of your house's value, and not just you saying how much you think your house is worth. Potential buyers assume you have an emotional attachment to your home and will be more likely to give credibility to a professional appraiser's value report than yours.

Appraisals to remove PMI

PMI stands for Private Mortgage Insurance. An attractive way to save money for homeowners is getting the PMI canceled from their mortgage loan, thus saving them money on their monthly payments. Once your mortgage loan amount is less than 80% of the value of your home, in most cases you can apply to the lender to have the PMI canceled from your loan, which will make your monthly payments go down. We're veterans in helping clients just like you do away with unneeded PMI insurance.

Challenging Paulding county's assessment of your property

Lets say you live in a local area that's declining -- your local tax assessor may have your home overvalued. That only means you are most likely paying more taxes than you should. 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. When challenging your property tax assessment, getting an expert appraisal from Southern Star Real Estate Services is your strongest weapon.

HELOC recently frozen?

Even if your specific property has not declined in value, your lender may just decide to automatically freeze your home equity line of credit (HELOC) if your property is near a declining area. This can this be inopportune from a cash flow viewpoint, and negative on your credit score since it may appear as though that credit line is maxed out. Southern Star Real Estate Services can provide you with a professional appraisal that will help you reinstate your home equity line of credit.

Field and Desktop Appraisal Review Services

Do you need a veteran appraiser to double-check your appraisal for preciseness, or do you desire a second opinion without the expense and delay of waiting for a whole new appraisal? In a field review we will go out and check the subject and comparables. If you're in a rush, we'll provide 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 report? Southern Star Real Estate Services can help with that too. Even though this is typically requested by banks, you may need to exploit this service if you suspect mortgage fraud related to your house.