Selling your home in or near Utah County? Contact Jenkins Valuation, LLC and make sure you're setting the price right.

If you're going to sell your home, you should seriously consider a professional appraisal. Don't think of a professional appraisal as costing money; it's worth the money in the long run! Unless the homeowner spends hours every week on real estate valuation, like an appraiser, it's hard for them to understand the nuances of local real estate values.

While important, an appraisal is not about the costs of purchasing and upgrading your home, or how much you want to sell it for. Rather, a appraisal provides a professional opinion on the true market value of your home.

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

Selling on your own?

An increasing amount of UT homeowners are making the decision 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 for top dollar, you need a skilled appraiser. You need 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.

Not only can getting a professional appraisal help you set a realistic selling price to attract more potential buyers, a professional appraisal can:

  • Be a very valuable negotiating tool when you find a potential buyer
  • Put buyers at ease with written proof of the condition of your home's interior and exterior
  • Call attention to any problems and get rid of any overlooked repairs hassles that might hold-up a closing
  • Help lower the possibility of unrevealed problems that cause sales to backslide

People are surprised when they find out the value of their home is more than they originally believed. So investing in a professional appraisal allowed them to receive thousands more than they originally expected. Alternatively, some people have an inflated assessment of their home's value, by getting an appraisal it helped them to to set a more reasonable price their home allowing them to quickly sell it rather than waiting on the market for months. Selling too high rarely attracts buyers, which means no offers and no closing, which can waste your valuable time and drain your resources while getting nothing done

Pre-listing appraisals in Highland

You may have a very skillful agent but it's in your best interest to get an unbiased second opinion of value prior to signing a listing agreement. Let Jenkins Valuation, LLC help. We can furnish you with a pre-listing appraisal that will let you and your agent have a definitive writeup of your home's characteristics and a detailed analysis of the latest and similar comparable sales which we typically refer to as "comps" in the appraisal industry.

A resource for for local real estate knowledge

Have you decided against an entire appraisal but still need some information about the real estate market in your area? Maybe you feel like an appraisal is not necessary but you require some help analyzing local property and sales data. We can be a resource for your real estate dilemmas with services especially tailored for consumers with your real estate needs.

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

  • We pride ourselves on making sure that when you send your initial inquiry, you get a response ASAP: We will give you information tailored for your particular appraisal need. Just let us know your situation and give you suggestions.
  • Swift turnarounds for appraisals: Usually one week or less from the date we receive the request, we can have a copy, in PDF of the report in your e-mail inbox.
  • Appraisal and consulting report arrangements to suit YOUR needs: When dealing with appraisal and consulting, "One size does NOT fit all." We provide a lot of different of report types, and have know how at providing appraisals to consumers minus the so that you don't have to be qualified loan officer to read it.
  • Any follow up questions? You can expect a fast follow-up from Jenkins Valuation, LLC: When we write reports, we make sure they are written in plain English, understandable, and meet or exceed the Uniform Standards of Professional Practice that moderates the appraisal practice. Should you have any questions about your appraisal, after you've read the report, we suggest that you email or call us!