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

If you're planning on putting your house on the market soon, a professional appraisal is absolutely necessary. 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 hard for them to fully grasp real estate market forces.

We are not talking about the costs of purchasing and upgrading your home, or the amount you need to get out of it. Instead, an appraisal assesses the true market value of your home. Once you break it all down, at the end of the day, your house is only worth the price another person is going to pay.

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

Need help setting a price when selling yourself?

An increasing amount of Missouri homeowners are making the decision to sell their homes FSBO (For Sale By Owner) and foregoing the assistance of a real estate agent. But if you're going to do it right, with minimal waiting and for the best price, what you need is a professional appraisal. You need an objective opinion, we're human too, we understand its difficult hard to take an objective look at 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 can getting a professional appraisal help you set a sound asking price so your home will attract buyers, a professional appraisal can:
  • Give you an advantage while negotiating while speaking with a potential buyer
  • Impress buyers with written proof of the condition of your home inside and out
  • Alert you of issues and eliminate overlooked repairs hassles that might stall a closing
  • Prevent the possibility of hidden problems that cause sales to flop
Folks are sometimes surprised when they find out the value of their home is much more than they thought. So investing in an appraisal provided the data to support a sale for several thousand more than they could have originally gotten. Alternatively, some people have an inflated impression of their home's value, and an appraisal gave them the assistance they needed in order to realistically price their home in order for it to sell quickly - rather than waiting on the market for months. Asking too much for a home causes buyers to back off, reducing your offers, making closing more difficult, wasting your valuable time and draining your resources while getting nothing done.

We also help agents price homes in Greene County

Even if you're working with a very skilled agent, it's definitely a good idea to have an analysis of your home's value before signing a listing contract. And that's where Hough Appraisals comes in. An appraisal can be extremely helpful in a scenario like this. It will give both you and your agent a comprehensive breakdown for your property and its features and give you insight into how the local real estate market is performing with a record of recent comparable properties in the area.

Consulting services for Missouri Sellers: Have a local expert at your disposal

Not sure if you need a full appraisal but would like some information about the status of your area's real estate? We can be a resource for your real estate quandaries with services especially tailored for consumers with your real estate needs.

When you order an appraisal report from Hough Appraisals, you can expect....

  • Prompt response to your initial inquiry: We tailor information to the needs of our clients. Just explain your situation, and we will give you suggestions.
  • Fast turnaround time: Typically one week or less from the date we receive the request, we can have a PDF of the report ready to download.
  • Appraisal and consulting report formats to suit YOUR needs: We've preformed quite a few of assignments, and we know that when it's real estate appraising, there isn't a typical or standard "cookie cutter" assignment. We provide a variety of report types and have an abundance of experience 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 read it.
  • Fast reply to follow-up questions: When we write reports, we make sure they 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 questions regarding your appraisal after you've read through the report, we encourage you to email or call us!