Attention homeowners in Stroudsburg and Monroe County: Get an Appraisal today!

The top reasons PA homeowners need Advanced Appraisals:

  1. Get a pre-listing appraisal (whether you're using an agent or selling the home on your own)
  2. To challenge a PA property tax assessment
  3. To reduce your monthly mortgage payment by removing PMI
  4. Reinstate your Home Equity Line of Credit (or HELOC)
  5. Verify a different appraiser's report
  6. In the case of a PA divorce, when real estate needs to be divided
  7. To determine the true market value of property in question to settle an estate in Monroe County or the state of PA

Do you own a home in or near Stroudsburg? Do you need help determining the price of your real estate?
Contact Advanced Appraisals.

We at Advanced Appraisals understand the special needs of a homeowner after appraisal services. While our typical 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.

For Sale By Owner (FSBO)/Pre-Listing Services

It's very hard to be objective about your house because of your emotional attachment to it. Our professional appraisers at Advanced Appraisals are objective. We won't just tell you what you want to hear, we'll tell you what you need to know. A professional appraisal is a very valuable negotiating tool once you have a potential buyer, in addition to helping you set a realistic selling price so your home will attract interested buyers. It's something tangible to show the buyer. The appraisal is an independent third party's opinion of your house's price, not just you saying how much your home is worth. Potential buyers know you have an emotional attachment to your house and will be much more likely to give credibility to a seasoned appraiser's value opinion than yours.

PMI Removal Appraisals

An attractive way to cut expenses for homeowners is getting the PMI eliminated from their mortgage loan, thus saving them money on their monthly payments. PMI stands for "Private Mortgage Insurance". Once your mortgage loan is less than 80% of the value of your property, in most cases you can apply to the lender to have the PMI eliminated from your loan, which will make your monthly payments go down. We are qualified in helping consumers just like you get rid of unneeded and unwanted PMI insurance.

Challenging property tax assessments

Your local tax assessor may have your house overvalued if you live in a local area that is declining or not appreciating as much as other houses close to yours. That only means you are going to pay 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. When challenging your property tax assessment, getting an appraisal report from Advanced Appraisals is your #1 weapon.

HELOC recently frozen?

Even if your specific property has not declined in value, your lender just may choose to automatically freeze your home equity line of credit (HELOC) if your home is in a declining area. This can this be inconvenient from a cash flow viewpoint, and detrimental to your credit score since it may appear as though that credit line is maxed out. A professional appraisal from Advanced Appraisals can help you reinstate your HELOC.

Need Field and Desktop Appraisal Review Services?

Do you need a seasoned professional to double-check your appraisal for accuracy, or do you need a second opinion without the added cost and delay of waiting for a whole new appraisal? An appraiser from Advanced Appraisals can go out and check the subject and comparables in a field review. Or, if you're in a hurry, we can provide 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 report you may have in your possession. While usually requested by banks, you may wish to take advantage of this service if you suspect mortgage fraud related to your home.