Listing at the right price is crucial and a professional appraisal from Luke Calamari Appraisal Services will ensure you get it right.

Selling your home? You would be wise to invest in an appraisal. An appraisal doesn't cost that much and it pays in the long run! Unless a homeowner studies real estate values on a day to day basis, like an appraiser, it's difficult for them to understand local real estate values.

This isn't a discussion of how much you've spent buying and improving your home, or how much you want to sell it for. Rather, an appraisal assesses how much your home will bring on the open market.

Contact us for details regarding our specialized services for home sellers.

Selling yourself instead of using a real estate agent and need help with pricing?

An increasing amount of LA homeowners are making the decision 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, you need a professional appraisal. You need objective opinions, we're human too, we understand its difficult hard to be objective about your own home because of your emotional attachment to it. We will tell you what you need to know, not just what you want to hear.

Not only can getting a professional appraisal help you set a realistic selling price so your home will attract buyers, a professional appraisal can:

  • Be a very valuable negotiating tool when you find a potential buyer
  • Impress buyers with written proof of the condition of your home's interior and exterior
  • Call attention to any issues and eliminate last-minute repair hassles that might delay a closing
  • Lower the possibility of unrevealed problems that cause sales to flop

It can be surprising to people when they find out their home's value is quite a bit more than they thought. So investing in a professional appraisal allowed them to get thousands more than they originally expected. Others have an an inflated opinion when they put a value on their home, by getting an appraisal it helped them to to set a more reasonable price their home in order for it to sell quickly instead of sitting on the market for months. An overpriced home rarely attracts buyers, which means no offers and no closing, which can waste your valuable time and drain your resources while getting nothing done

Get a comprehensive appraisal before listing

Even if you have with a very skilled agent, it's definitely a good idea to have an objective third-party's opinion of your home's value to finalizing a listing agreement. And that's where Luke Calamari Appraisal Services comes in. An appraisal can be extremely helpful in this scenario. You and agent will get a comprehensive breakdown for your property and its features which will give you insight into the health of the local real estate market with a record of the latest comparable properties in the area.

Consulting services for Saint Tammany County Sellers: Keep a local expert at your disposal

Not sure if you need a full appraisal but are looking for information about how the real estate market is doing in your area? Maybe you feel like an appraisal is not necessary but you'd still like assistance collecting local property and sales data. We can provide assistance for your real estate quandaries with services especially tailored for clients with your real estate needs.

If your curious what you can expect from when you order an appraisal just take a look....

  • Immediate response to your initial inquiry: We personalize information to the needs of our customers We'll be delighted to provide suggestions, just let us know what your situation is
  • Quick turnarounds for appraisals: Usually in a weeks time or less from the date the request is received, we can have a copy, in PDF of the report in your e-mail inbox.
  • Consulting and Appraisal report arrangements that suit YOUR needs: When dealing with appraisal and consulting, "One size does NOT fit all." We provide a variety of types of reports, and have an abundance of experience at providing appraisals to clients that keep the industry jargon to a minimum so that you don't have to be qualified loan officer to read it.
  • Prompt reply to follow-up questions: When we create reports, we make sure they are written in plain English, comprehensible to people outside the real estate industry, and meet or exceed the Uniform Standards of Professional Practice that governs the appraisal practice. Should you have any confusion about your appraisal, once you've read through the report, just give us a call or email us!