Appraisal services for Pleasanton and Alameda County homeowners

The top 7 reasons CA homeowners need Home Real Estate & Appraisals, Inc.:

  1. To get a pre-listing appraisal (whether you're using an agent or selling the home on your own)
  2. To challenge a CA property tax assessment
  3. Remove PMI to reduce a mortgage payment
  4. Reinstate their Home Equity Line of Credit (HELOC)
  5. Verify another appraiser's report
  6. If property needs to be divided because of a divorce
  7. Settle an estate in CA by determining the true market value of real estate in question

Need help determining the price of your house in or near Pleasanton, CA?
Contact Home Real Estate & Appraisals, Inc..

At Home Real Estate & Appraisals, Inc., we understand the individual needs of a customer looking for appraisal services. Our business practices and reporting formats are relatively routine to our business clients like lenders, attorneys, and CPAs. As our non-traditionalclient, we'll be sure you get extra guidance and explanations through the appraisal process to better understand what we do and how we report our findings.

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

It's very hard to be objective about your home because you most likely have an emotional attachment to it. Our professional appraisers at Home Real Estate & Appraisals, Inc. are objective. We won't just tell you what you want to hear, we will tell you what you need to know. A professional appraisal is a very important negotiating tool once you have an attainable buyer, in addition to helping you set a realistic selling price so your property will attract buyers. It's something tangible to show your buyer. The appraisal is an independent third party's opinion of your home's price, not just you saying how much you think 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 experienced appraiser's value assessment than yours.

Appraisals to remove PMI

PMI stands for Private Mortgage Insurance. A fashionable money saver for homeowners is getting the PMI eliminated from their mortgage loan, thus saving them money on their monthly payments. Your monthly payments will go down once your mortgage loan amount is down below 80% of the value of your property. In most cases you can apply to a lender to have the PMI eliminated from your loan. We are veterans in helping homeowners just like you dismiss unwanted and unneeded PMI insurance.

Challenge Alameda county's assessment of your property

Lets say your home is not appreciating as much as other homes close by -- your local tax assessor may have your home overvalued. This means you're probably paying higher taxes than you should be paying. Since your property assessment may likely go up again in the next period, the earlier you take care of things like this, the better. Getting a professional appraisal from Home Real Estate & Appraisals, Inc. is your number one weapon when challenging your property tax assessment.

HELOC recently frozen?

If your home is close to a declining area, your lender just might decide to automatically freeze your home equity line of credit (HELOC) - even if your specific property has not declined in value. This can be be detrimental to your credit score since it may appear as though that credit line is maxed out, and also difficult from a cash flow standpoint. Home Real Estate & Appraisals, Inc. can help you reinstate your home equity line of credit with efficient appraisal.

Do You Need Field and Desktop Appraisal Review Services?

Would you prefer a second opinion without the added expense and delay of waiting for a whole new appraisal? Or do you need an expert to double-check your appraisal for precision? We can go out and check the subject and comparables in question in a field review. If you need it ASAP, we'll 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 had done before. Even though this is typically requested by banks, you may wish to exercise this service if you suspect mortgage fraud related to your home.