Real estate appraisal services for homeowners in the city of Coopersburg and Lehigh County

The top reasons PA homeowners hire Center Valley Appraisals:

  1. To get a pre-listing appraisal (whether you're using a real estate agent or selling the home on your own)
  2. Challenge a property tax assessment
  3. Remove PMI to lower a mortgage payments
  4. Reinstate their Home Equity Line of Credit (or HELOC)
  5. Verify another appraiser's report
  6. In the case of a PA divorce, when property needs to be divided
  7. To determine the true market value of real estate in question to settle an estate in PA

Own a house in or near Coopersburg, PA and need help determining the price of it?
Contact Center Valley Appraisals.

At Center Valley Appraisals, we understand the special needs of a customer looking for appraisal services. Our regular business clients understand the appraisal process and the usual documents we provide. As our client, you'll receive extra guidance and explanations through the appraisal process to understand what we do and how we document the results of our analysis.

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

It's very hard to be objective about your home because you probably have an emotional attachment to it. The professional appraisers at Center Valley Appraisals will tell you what you need to know -- not just what you want to hear. We are objective. A professional appraisal is a very important negotiating tool once you have an interested buyer, in addition to helping you set a realistic price to sell at so your house will attract buyers. It's something tangible to show the buyer. The appraisal is an independent third party's opinion of your home's value, not just you saying how much your home is worth. Interested buyers assume that you have an emotional attachment to your house and will be more likely to give credibility to an accomplished appraiser's value opinion than yours.

Appraisals to remove PMI

A popular way to cut expenses for homeowners is to get the PMI canceled 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 down below 80% of the value of your house. In most cases you can apply to your lender to have the PMI eliminated from your loan. At Center Valley Appraisals, we're experienced in helping homeowners just like you rid yourselves of unneeded PMI insurance.

Challenge Lehigh county's assessment of your property

Your local tax assessor may have your home overvalued if your home not appreciating as much as other properties close to yours. This means you are most likely paying higher taxes than you should be paying. The faster you take care of things like this, the better, since your property assessment may likely go up again in the next period. Getting a professional appraisal from Center Valley Appraisals is your best weapon when challenging your property tax assessment.

Was your HELOC recently frozen?

Even if your specific property has not declined in value, your lender might just make the decision to automatically freeze your home equity line of credit (HELOC) if your house is in or near a declining area. Not only can this be inopportune from a cash flow point of view, but it can be negative on your credit score since it may appear as though that credit line is maxed out. Center Valley Appraisals can help you reinstate your HELOC.

Field and Desktop Appraisal Review Services

Have you just gotten a copy of your appraisal and you would prefer to have a seasoned professional double-check it for preciseness or do you desire a second opinion without the added cost and delay of waiting for a whole new appraisal? An appraiser from Center Valley Appraisals can go out and check the subject and comparables in question in a field review. Or, if you need it immediately, we can provide desk review and verify as many facts as we can using online data sources as well as our own files.

Need a retrospective review of an appraisal report? We can help with that too. Even though this is usually requested by banks, you may need to exploit this service if you suspect mortgage fraud related to your property.