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

If you're going to sell your home, you should seriously consider a professional appraisal. An appraisal doesn't cost that much and it's worth every penny in the long run! Unless the homeowner makes a career out of studying real estate values, like an appraiser, it's practically impossible for them to understand their local real estate market.

It's tempting to want to base your home's value on the costs of purchasing and upgrading your home, or the amount you need to get for it. You see, an appraisal assesses how much your home will bring on the open market. A home is only going to sell for what another person is going to give you.

Contact us for any questions regarding the specific services for home sellers we offer.

For Sale By Owner?

More and more Indiana homeowners are choosing to sell their homes FSBO (For Sale By Owner) and foregoing the assistance of a real estate agent. But to do it right, quickly and to get the most you can, you need a expert appraiser. The best thing to have is an objective opinion, we're human too, we understand its difficult hard to be objective about your 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.

Not only will getting a professional appraisal help you set a realistic selling price so your home will attract buyers, a professional appraisal can:
  • Allow you to have the edge while bargaining when you find a potential buyer
  • Impress buyers with written proof of the condition of your home's interior and exterior
  • Alert you of issues and eliminate overlooked repairs hassles that might hold-up a closing
  • Help lower the possibility of unrevealed problems that cause sales to deteriorate
Folks are sometimes surprised when they find out that the value of their home is more than they originally believed. So spending a little on a professional appraisal provided the data to support a sale for thousands more than they could have originally banked. Others have an an overestimated impression of their home's value, and an appraisal helped them to to set a more reasonable price for their home - allowing them to quickly sell it - instead of waiting on the market for months. Asking too much for a home will not attract buyers, which means no offers and no closing, wasting valuable time, money, and efforts.

Pre-listing appraisals in Hartford City

Even if you're working with an extremely talented agent, it's definitely a good idea to have an analysis of your home's value before signing a listing contract. DRB Appraisal can help. We can provide you with a pre-listing appraisal that will let you and your agent have a definitive summarizing of your home's features and a detailed breakdown of the the newest and similar comparable sales or as they're commonly called, "comps".

Someone to ask for for local real estate knowledge

Maybe you feel like you don't need an "appraisal" but you still want assistance gathering local property and sales data. We can help solve your real estate dilemmas with services especially designed for consumers with your real estate needs.

This is a little bit of what to expect when you order an appraisal from us...

  • Prompt response to your initial inquiry: We personalize information to the needs of our clients. We'll be more then happy to offer suggestions - just let us know what your situation is.
  • Quick turnaround on appraisals: Typically one week or less from the date we receive the request, you'll have a PDF ready for you to download from our site or in your e-mail.
  • Appraisal and consulting report formats that suit YOUR needs: When it comes to appraisal and consulting, one size does NOT fit all. We provide a lot of different types of reports and have know how at providing appraisals to consumers that keep the industry jargon to a minimum so that you don't have to be real estate attorney to understand it.
  • Prompt to follow-up questions: Reports we write are written in plain English, comprehensible to people outside the real estate industry, and adhere to the Uniform Standards of Professional Practice that governs the appraisal practice. If you have any inquiries about your appraisal once you've read through the report, feel free to give us a call or email us!