Selling your home in or near Harris County? Contact MJR Residential 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 an appraisal as purely an expense; it's worth the money in the long run! Unless a homeowner spends hours every week on real estate valuation, like a professional appraiser does, it's difficult for them to understand the nuances of real estate market forces.

We are not talking about how much you have invested in your home, or the amount you need to get for it. Rather, an appraisal assesses how much your home will bring on the open market. After all, a home is only going to sell for the price another person is offering to pay.

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

Appraisals are valuable tools for homeowners selling without an agent

Quite a few Texas 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 professional appraisal. 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 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 sensible asking price so your home will attract buyers, a professional appraisal can:
  • Allow you to have the edge while negotiating once you have a potential buyer
  • Impress buyers with written proof of the condition of your home's interior and exterior
  • Make you aware of problems and get rid of any last-minute repair hassles that might hold-up a closing
  • Lower the odds of unrevealed problems that cause sales to flop
People are surprised to discover the value of their home is higher than they originally thought. So taking the first step and spending a little on a professional appraisal provided the data to support a sale for several thousand more than they expected they would get. Alternatively, some people have an overestimated impression of the value of their home, and by getting an appraisal it gave them the assistance they needed in order to set a more reasonable price for their home in order for it to sell quickly - instead of gathering dust on the market for months. An overpriced home will not attract buyers, reducing your offers, making closing more difficult, wasting valuable time, money, and efforts.

We also help agents price homes in Harris County

Even if you're working with the most experienced agent, it's definitely a good idea to have an objective third-party's opinion of your home's value before finalizing a listing contract. Let MJR Residential help. We can furnish you with a pre-listing appraisal that will let you and your agent have a definitive description of your home's features and a detailed analysis of the most recent and similar comparable sales or as they're commonly called, "comps".

Someone to ask for for local real estate knowledge

You might feel like you don't need an "appraisal" but you need some help analyzing local property and sales data. We can be a resource for your real estate decisions with services especially tailored for clients with your real estate needs.

If you're wondering what you'll be getting from MJR Residential when you order an appraisal just take a look....

  • Immediate response to your initial inquiry: We tailor information to the needs of our clients. We'll be more then happy to provide suggestions - just let us know what your situation is.
  • Fast turnaround for appraisals: Typically in a week's time or less from the date we receive the request, we can have a PDF ready for you to download from our site or in your e-mail.
  • Consulting and appraisal report formats that suit YOUR needs: We've done many of assignments, and we understand that in the art of real estate appraising, there isn't a typical or standard "generic" assignment. We provide quite a few different report types and have a lot of experience at providing appraisals to clients 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: Documents we deliver are written in plain English, comprehensible to people outside the real estate industry, and meet or exceed the Uniform Standards of Professional Practice that regulates the appraisal practice. If you have any inquiries about your appraisal after you've read the report, feel free to give us a call or email us!