Attention homeowners: Real estate appraisal services for in Calabasas and Los Angeles County

Here are the top seven reasons CA homeowners use California Certified Appraisers:

  1. Find the right listing price (whether they're selling the home on their own or using a real estate agent)
  2. Challenge property tax assessments
  3. Remove PMI to reduce a mortgage payments
  4. To reinstate their 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. Determine the true market value of property in question to settle an estate

Own a home in or near Calabasas, CA and need help determining the price of it?
Contact California Certified Appraisers.

At California Certified Appraisers, we understand the special needs of a homeowner looking for appraisal services. While our usual clients understand the appraisal process and standard reporting formats, you as a consumer will get extra customer service in the form of an explanation of the process and even special consumer-friendly reporting forms if the assignment allows for them.

Pre-listing Services/For Sale By Owner

Since you have an emotional attachment to your home, it's often very hard to be objective about it. Professional appraisers, like the ones at California Certified Appraisers, are objective. We'll tell you what you need to know, not just what you want to hear. In addition to helping you set a realistic selling price so your home will attract buyers, a professional appraisal is a crucial negotiating tool once you have a likely buyer. The appraisal is something tangible to show the buyer. It's an independent third party's opinion of your home's price, and not just how much your home is worth. Interested buyers know you have an emotional attachment to your home and will be more likely to give credibility to a professional appraiser's value opinion than yours.

Need to cancel PMI?

A popular way to save money for homeowners is getting the PMI removed from their mortgage loan, thus saving them money on their monthly payments. PMI stands for "Private Mortgage Insurance". Your monthly payments will go down once your mortgage loan is down below 80% of the value of your house. In most cases you can apply to the lender to have the PMI canceled from your loan. We are experts in helping homeowners just like you do away with unneeded PMI insurance.

Challenge Tax Assessment

Your local tax assessor may have your home overvalued if your house not appreciating as much as other properties nearby. That only 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 things like this, the better off you'll be. A professional appraisal from California Certified Appraisers is your number one weapon when contesting your property tax assessment.

HELOC recently frozen?

Even if your specific property has not declined in value, your lender just may decide to automatically freeze your home equity line of credit (HELOC) if your property is near a declining area. This can this be difficult and inconvenient from a cash flow point of view, and destructive to your credit score since it may appear as though that credit line is maxed out. California Certified Appraisers can help you reinstate your HELOC.

Field and Desktop Appraisal Review Services

Have you just been handed a copy of your appraisal and you'd like to have a seasoned expert double-check it for accuracy or do you want a second opinion without the expense and delay of waiting for a whole new appraisal? An appraiser from California Certified Appraisers can go out and check the subject and comps in a field review. If you need it immediately, we'll provide you with a desk review and verify as many facts as we can using online data sources as well as our own files.

We can also provide you with a a retrospective review of any appraisal you may have in your possession. While usually requested by banks, you may need to make use of this service if you suspect mortgage fraud related to your property.