Attention homeowners in and Fairfax City County: Need an appraisal?

The top reasons homeowners hire :

Find the right listing price (whether they're selling the home themselves or using a real estate agent)
Challenge Fairfax City county's assessment of your propertyvalue
To cut their mortgage payments by removing PMI
Reinstate their Home Equity Line of Credit (or HELOC)
Verify another appraiser's report
If property needs to be divided because of a divorce
To settle an estate in by determining the true market value of real estate in question

Need help determining the price of your house in or near , ?
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At , we understand the individual needs of a homeowner looking for appraisal services. The appraisal process and reporting formats are relatively routine to our business clients like banks, lawyers, and accountants. Being a regular person not in the real estate field that most likely doesn't look at appraisals every day,you can expect extra guidance and explanations through the appraisal process to more fully understand what we do and how we report the results of our analysis.

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

It's very hard to be objective about your own home because you probably have an emotional attachment to it. Our professional appraisers at are objective. We won't just tell you what you want to hear, we'll tell you what you need to know. A professional appraisal is very crucial as a negotiating tool once you have an attainable buyer, in addition to helping you set a realistic selling price so your house will attract interested buyers. It's something tangible to show your buyer. The appraisal is an independent third party's opinion of your property's price, not just you saying how much you think your house is worth. Interested buyers know that you have an emotional attachment to your house and will be much more likely to give credibility to an expert appraiser's value report than yours.

Appraisals to cancel PMI

A fashionable way to cut expenses for homeowners is to get the PMI eliminated from their mortgage loan, thus saving them money on their monthly payments. PMI stands for "Private Mortgage Insurance". Your monthly payments will go down once your mortgage loan 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're experts in helping folks just like you abolish unneeded and unwanted PMI insurance.

Challenging property tax assessments

Lets say your home is not appreciating as much as other homes close to yours -- your local tax assessor may have your home overvalued. That only means you are probably paying more taxes than you should. The sooner 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. When contesting your property tax assessment, getting a professional appraisal from is your number one weapon.

Recently got a freeze your HELOC?

Your lender might make the decision to automatically freeze your home equity line of credit (HELOC) if your house is in or near a declining area -- even if your specific property has not declined in value. This can this be annoying from a cash flow standpoint, and bad for your credit score since it may appear as though that credit line is maxed out. A professional appraisal from 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 precision, or do you want a second opinion without the added cost and delay of waiting for a whole new appraisal? offers field reviews where we'll go out and check the subject and comps. If you're in a hurry, we'll provide 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? can help you with that. While typically requested by banks, you may wish to take advantage of this service if you suspect mortgage fraud related to your house.