Appraisal services for Port Angeles and Clallam County homeowners

See the top seven reasons WA homeowners use Northwood Appraisal:

Pre-listing appraisals (whether they're selling the home themselves or using a real estate agent)
Challenge property tax assessments
To cut their monthly mortgage payment by removing PMI
To reinstate your Home Equity Line of Credit (or HELOC)
To review another appraiser's report for verification
If real estate needs to be divided because of a divorce
Settle an estate in WA by determining the true market value of real estate in question

Own a house in or near Port Angeles, WA and need help determining the value of it?
Contact Northwood Appraisal.

At Northwood Appraisal, we understand the special needs of a customer in need of appraisal services. The appraisal process and reporting formats are relatively routine to our business clients like banks, attorneys, and accountants. Being a regular homeowner that ordinarily doesn't see an appraisal on a regular basis,we'll be sure you get extra guidance and explanations through the appraisal process to better understand what we do and how we document the results of our analysis.

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

Since you have an emotional attachment to your house, it's often very hard to be objective about it. Professional appraisers, like the ones at Northwood Appraisal, are objective. We'll tell you what you need to know, not just what you want to hear. 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 buyers. It gives you something concrete to show the buyer. The appraisal is an independent third party's opinion of your home's value, not just how much you think your home is worth. Interested buyers assume that you have an emotional attachment to your house and will be much more likely to give credibility to a professional appraiser's value assessment than yours.

Appraisals to cancel 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 house. In most cases you can apply to the lender to have the PMI eliminated from your loan. We're experienced in helping homeowners just like you delete unneeded PMI insurance.

Challenging property tax assessments

Lets say you live in a region that is declining -- your local tax assessor may have your house overvalued. This 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 Northwood Appraisal is your best weapon when contesting your property tax assessment.

HELOC recently frozen?

Your lender might choose to automatically freeze your home equity line of credit (HELOC) if your home is near a declining area -- 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 troublesome from a cash flow standpoint. Northwood Appraisal can help you reinstate your HELOC.

We Also Offer Field and Desktop Appraisal Review Services

Do you need a veteran appraiser to double-check your appraisal for verity, or do you want a second opinion without the charge and delay of waiting for a whole new appraisal? An appraiser from Northwood Appraisal can go out and check the subject and comps in question in a field review. Or, if you need it in a rush, we can provide you with a desk review and verify as many facts as we can using online data sources as well as our own files.

Do you need a retrospective review of an appraisal? Northwood Appraisal can help you with that. While typically requested by banks, you may need to utilize this service if you suspect mortgage fraud related to your house.