Appraisal services for Vancouver and Clackamas County homeowners

Here are the top 7 reasons why WA homeowners order from Kiesz & Associates, LLC:

To get a pre-listing appraisal (whether you're using an agent or selling the home on your own)
To challenge a WA property tax assessment
Remove PMI to cut your mortgage payment
To reinstate your Home Equity Line of Credit (HELOC)
Verify a different appraiser's report
If real estate needs to be divided because of a divorce
Determine the true market value of property in question to settle an estate in Clackamas county or WA

Need help determining the value of your home in or near Vancouver, WA?
Contact Kiesz & Associates, LLC.

At Kiesz & Associates, LLC, we understand the unique needs of a consumer looking for appraisal services. While our usual business 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/Pre-Listing Services

Since you have an emotional attachment to your home, it's often very hard to be objective about it. Professional appraisers, like the ones at Kiesz & Associates, LLC, are objective. We will tell you what you need to know, not just what you want to hear. In addition to helping you set a realistic price to sell at so your home will attract many interested buyers, a professional appraisal is a crucial negotiating tool once you have a potential buyer. It gives you something concrete to show your buyer. The appraisal is an independent third party's opinion of your house's price, not just you saying how much your house is worth. Interested buyers assume you have an emotional attachment to your home and will be more likely to give credibility to an experienced appraiser's value judgement than yours.

Appraisals to remove PMI

PMI stands for Private Mortgage Insurance. A fashionable way to save money for homeowners is getting the PMI removed from their mortgage loan, thus saving them money on their monthly payments. Once your mortgage loan is down below 80% of the value of your home, in most cases you can apply to the lender to have the PMI removed from your loan, which will make your monthly payments go down. We are qualified in helping customers just like you dismiss unwanted PMI insurance.

Challenge Tax Assessment

Lets say your house is not appreciating as much as other houses nearby -- your local tax assessor may have your home overvalued. That only means you're paying more taxes than you should. The faster you take care of things like this, the better off you'll be, since your property assessment may likely go up again in the next period. An appraisal from Kiesz & Associates, LLC is your #1 weapon when contesting your property tax assessment.

Was your HELOC recently frozen?

If your property is close to a declining area, your lender just may decide to automatically freeze your home equity line of credit (HELOC) - even if your specific property has not declined in value. This can this be inconvenient from a cash flow angle, and detrimental to your credit score since it may appear as though that credit line is maxed out. Kiesz & Associates, LLC can help you reinstate your home equity line of credit with an expert appraisal.

Field and Desktop Appraisal Review Services

Would you prefer a second opinion without the expense and delay of waiting for a whole new appraisal? Or do you want a seasoned expert to double-check your appraisal for efficiency? An appraiser from Kiesz & Associates, LLC can go out and check the subject and comparables in question in a field review. Or, if you're in a rush, 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 a retrospective review of any appraisal you may have had done before. While usually requested by banks, you may wish to utilize this service if you suspect mortgage fraud related to your property.