Real estate appraisal services for homeowners in the city of Lakewood and Pierce County

The top 7 reasons WA homeowners use Northwest Appraisals, Inc.:

Find the right listing price (whether you're using a real estate agent or selling the home on your own)
To challenge a WA property tax assessment
To reduce a mortgage payment by removing PMI
To reinstate their Home Equity Line of Credit (or HELOC)
Verify a different appraiser's report
If real estate property needs to be divided because of a divorce
To determine the true market value of property in question to settle an estate

Own a home in or near Lakewood, WA and need help deciding the value of it?
Contact Northwest Appraisals, Inc..

We at Northwest Appraisals, Inc. understand the particular needs of a homeowner after appraisal services. The appraisal process and reporting formats are relatively routine to our business clients like banks, attorneys, and accountants. As our non-traditionalclient, you will receive extra guidance and explanations through the appraisal process to better understand what we do and how we present the results of our analysis.

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

Since you have an emotional attachment to your own home, it's often very hard to be objective about it. A professional appraiser is objective and 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 property will attract buyers, a professional appraisal is very valuable as a negotiating tool once you have a likely buyer. It's something concrete to show the buyer. It's an independent third party's opinion of your home's price, and not just how much your home is worth. Potential buyers assume that you have an emotional attachment to your house and will be much more likely to give credibility to an accomplished appraiser's value opinion than yours.

Need to cancel PMI?

Getting the PMI (Private Mortgage Insurance) eliminated from your mortgage loan is an attractive way to cut expenses for homeowners. Your monthly payments will go down once your mortgage loan amount is less than 80% of the value of your property. In most cases you can apply to a lender to have the PMI removed from your loan. We are experts in helping folks just like you delete undesirable PMI insurance.

Challenge a property tax assessment

Lets say you live in a local area that's declining -- your local tax assessor may have your home overvalued. This only means you're paying higher taxes than you should be paying. The faster you take care of a matter like this, the better, since your property assessment may likely go up again in the next period. A professional appraisal from Northwest Appraisals, Inc. is your chief weapon when challenging your property tax assessment.

HELOC recently frozen?

Even if your specific property has not declined in value, your lender may just decide to automatically freeze your home equity line of credit (HELOC) if your property is near a declining area. Not only can this be unsuitable from a cash flow viewpoint, but it can be damaging to your credit score since it may appear as though that credit line is maxed out. Northwest Appraisals, Inc. can provide you with a professional appraisal that will help you reinstate your home equity line of credit.

Do You Need Field and Desktop Appraisal Review Services?

Would you like a second opinion without the cost and delay of waiting for a whole new appraisal? Or do you need a seasoned appraiser to double-check your appraisal for efficiency? An appraiser from Northwest Appraisals, Inc. can go out and check the subject and comparables in a field review. If you need it immediately, we'll provide you with a 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 in the past. While typically requested by banks, you may need to employ this service if you suspect mortgage fraud related to your house.