Get an appraisal from Mountain View Appraisal before putting your Gallatin or Madison County home on the market to save you time and money!

Selling your home? You would be wise to invest in a professional appraisal. An appraisal doesn't cost that much and it pays you in the long run! Unless a homeowner spends hours every week on real estate valuation, like a professional appraiser does, it's practically impossible for them to understand the nuances of local real estate values.

It's tempting to want to base your home's value on the costs of purchasing and upgrading your home, or the amount you'd like to get for it. Instead, the appraisal measures your home's market value. Technically, something is only worth the price another person is offering to give you.

Contact us for details regarding services specialized for home sellers.

Selling on your own?

More and more Montana homeowners are deciding to sell their homes FSBO (For Sale By Owner) and foregoing the help of a real estate agent. But to do it right, quickly and to get the most you can, what you need is a professional appraisal. You need an objective opinion, we're human too, we understand its difficult difficult to take an objective look at your own home because of your emotional attachment to it. We will explain to you what you need to know, not just what you want to hear.

In addition to helping you set a sensible selling price so your home will attract buyers, a professional appraisal can:
  • Give you an advantage while bargaining while speaking with a potential buyer
  • Put buyers at ease with written proof of the condition of your home inside and out
  • Alert you of issues and get rid of any last-minute repair hassles that might stall a closing
  • Decrease the odds of unrevealed problems that cause sales to flop
It can be surprising to people to discover their home's value is higher than they originally thought. So taking the first step and investing in a professional appraisal allowed them to get several thousand more than they originally expected. Alternatively, some people have an overestimated opinion of the value of their home, and by getting an appraisal it gave them the assistance they needed in order to realistically price their home - allowing them to quickly sell it - instead of waiting on the market for months. Asking too much for a home will not attract buyers, which means no offers and no closing, wasting valuable time, money, and efforts.

We also help agents price homes in Gallatin and Madison County

You may have an extremely talented agent, but it's in your best interest to have an unbiased second opinion of value prior to finalizing a listing contract. And that's where Mountain View Appraisal comes in. An appraisal can be indispensable in a scenario like this. It will give both you and your agent a detailed breakdown for your property and its features and give you insight into the health of the local real estate market with a detailed analysis of recent comparable properties in the area.

A resource for for local real estate knowledge

If you feel like an appraisal is not necessary but you'd still like some help gathering local sales and property data, we can help solve your real estate quandaries with services especially tailored for customers with your real estate needs.

This is a little bit of what you can expect when you place an order for an appraisal from Mountain View Appraisal...

  • Fast response to your initial inquiry: We personalize information to the needs of our customers. Just let us know your situation, and we will offer you suggestions.
  • Swift turnaround for appraisals: Typically one week or less from the date the request is received, we can have a PDF ready for you to download from our site or in your e-mail.
  • Appraisal and consulting report formats that suit YOUR needs: When it comes to appraisal and consulting, one size does NOT fit all. We provide quite a few different report types and are experienced at providing appraisals to consumers that keep the industry jargon to a minimum so that you don't have to be real estate attorney to understand it.
  • Quick reply to follow-up questions: When we create reports, we make sure they are written in plain English, understandable, and adhere to the Uniform Standards of Professional Practice that regulates the appraisal practice. If you have any confusion regarding your appraisal after you've read the report, we suggest that you simply email or call us!