Selling your home in or near Cedar County? Contact Catt Appraisal and make sure you're setting the price right.

If you're planning on selling your home soon, a professional appraisal is a must. Don't think of a professional appraisal as costing money; it pays you in the long run! Unless a homeowner studies real estate values on a day to day basis, like a professional appraiser does, it's difficult for them to understand local real estate values.

This isn't a discussion of how much you have invested in your home, or how much you want for it. Instead, the appraisal measures your home's market value.

Contact us for information regarding the specific services for home sellers we offer.

Selling on your own?

More and more MO homeowners are choosing 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 for the best price, what you need is a professional appraisal. It can be very difficult to get objective opinions, we're human too, we understand its difficult difficult to be objective about 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.

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

  • Be a very valuable negotiating tool once you have a potential buyer
  • Put buyers at ease with written proof of the condition of your home inside and out
  • Alert you of issues and eliminate last-minute repair hassles that might hold-up a closing
  • Lower the chances of unknown problems that cause sales to deteriorate

Folks are sometimes surprised when they find out their home's value is higher than they originally thought. So spending a little on an appraisal allowed them to receive thousands more than they expected they would get. Others have an an overestimated impression when they put a value on their home, and an appraisal helped them to to set a more reasonable price their home in order for it to sell quickly instead of gathering dust on the market for months. An overpriced home will not attract buyers, reducing your offers, making closing more difficult, wasting valuable time, money, and efforts.

Get a professional value opinion before listing

You may have a very talented agent but it's in your best interest to get an unbiased second opinion of value prior to finalizing a listing agreement. Catt Appraisal can help. We can provide you with a pre-listing appraisal that will let you and your agent have a definitive writeup of your home's features and a detailed analysis of the newest and similar comparable sales which we typically refer to as "comps" in the appraisal industry.

Serving Cedar County with the greatest real estate consulting services

Don't need a full appraisal but still need some information about how real estate is doing in your area? Maybe you feel like you don't need an "appraisal" but you'd still like some help analyzing local sales and property data. We have services tailored especially for consumers like you to assist with your real estate decisions.

After you order an appraisal report through , you can expect....

  • We take great pride in making sure that when you send your initial inquiry, you get a response ASAP: We tailor information to the needs of our customers Just explain your situation and provide suggestions.
  • Swift turnaround time: Usually one week or less from the date we receive the request, we can have a copy, in PDF of the report in your e-mail inbox.
  • Appraisal and consulting report arrangements that suit YOUR needs: When it comes to appraisal and consulting, "One size does NOT fit all." We provide quite a few different of report types, and have an abundance of experience at providing appraisals to consumers that keep the industry jargon to a minimum in an easy to read format without a lot of industry jargon.
  • Quick to follow-up questions: When we create reports, we make sure they are clearly written, comprehensible to people outside the real estate industry, and adhere to the Uniform Standards of Professional Practice that moderates the appraisal practice. If you have any inquiries regarding your appraisal, once you've read through the report, we suggest that you email or call us!