Need an appraisal in Greenwood or Greenwood County?

Here are the top seven reasons SC homeowners order from Brown Appraisal Associates:

  1. Find the right listing price (whether they're selling the home themselves or using a real estate agent)
  2. Challenge property tax assessments
  3. To cut your monthly mortgage payment by removing PMI
  4. Reinstate your Home Equity Line of Credit (HELOC)
  5. To review another appraiser's report for verification
  6. In the case of a SC divorce, when real estate property needs to be divided
  7. To settle an estate in Greenwood county or SC by determining the true market value of property in question

Own a home in or near Greenwood, SC and need help determining the value of it?
Contact Brown Appraisal Associates.

At Brown Appraisal Associates, we understand the special needs of a customer in need of appraisal services. While our usual clients understand the appraisal process and standard reporting formats, you as a consumer will get an extra level of customer service in the form of an explanation of the process and even special consumer-friendly reporting forms if the assignment allows for them.

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

Since you have an emotional attachment to your home, it's often very hard to be objective about it. Professional appraisers, like the ones at Brown Appraisal Associates, are objective. We'll tell you what you need to know, not just what you want to hear. A professional appraisal is very important as a negotiating tool once you have a likely buyer, in addition to helping you set a realistic selling price so your property will attract interested buyers. The appraisal is something tangible to show the buyer. It's an independent third party's opinion of your home's price, and not just you saying how much you think your home is worth. Interested buyers know that you have an emotional attachment to your house and will be more likely to give credibility to a qualified appraiser's value estimation than yours.

Need to remove PMI?

PMI stands for Private Mortgage Insurance. A fashionable money saver for homeowners is to get the PMI canceled from their mortgage loan, thus saving them money on their monthly payments. Once your mortgage loan amount is down below 80% of the value of your property, in most cases you can apply to your lender to have the PMI eliminated from your loan, which will make your monthly payments go down. At Brown Appraisal Associates, we're experts in helping consumers just like you dismiss unnecessary PMI insurance.

Challenge a property tax assessment

Lets say you live in a local area that's going down -- your local tax assessor may have your house overvalued. That only means you're going to pay more taxes than you should. The quicker you take care of a matter 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 an appraisal report from Brown Appraisal Associates is your #1 weapon.

HELOC recently frozen?

Even if your specific property has not declined in value, your lender just might make the decision to automatically freeze your home equity line of credit (HELOC) if your house is close to a declining area. Not only can this be inopportune from a cash flow point of view, but it can be unfavorable to your credit score since it may appear as though that credit line is maxed out. Brown Appraisal Associates can provide you with efficient appraisal to help you reinstate your home equity line of credit.

Need Field and Desktop Appraisal Review Services?

Would you like a second opinion without the added cost and delay of waiting for a whole new appraisal? Or do you desire a professional to double-check your appraisal for verity? Brown Appraisal Associates offers field reviews where we go out and check the subject and comparables. Or, if you need it in a rush, we can 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 report? Brown Appraisal Associates can help with that too. Even though this is typically requested by banks, you may wish to take advantage of this service if you suspect mortgage fraud related to your house.