Selling your home in or near Knox County? Contact Creative Realty and make sure you're setting the price right.

If you're going to sell your home, you should seriously consider a professional appraisal. An appraisal doesn't cost that much and it pays in the long run! Unless the homeowner studies real estate values on a day to day basis, like an appraiser, it's practically impossible for them to understand local real estate values.

While important, an appraisal is not about the costs of purchasing and upgrading your home, or the amount you need to get for it. Rather, an appraisal assesses the true market value of your home.

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

Selling on your own?

Quite a few KY homeowners are deciding to sell their homes FSBO (For Sale By Owner) and foregoing the help of a real estate agent. But if you're going to do it right, with minimal waiting and for top dollar, what you need is a qualified appraiser. It can be very difficult to get objective opinions, it can be very hard to take an objective look at 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.

In addition to helping you set a sensible asking price to attract more potential buyers, a professional appraisal can:

  • Give you an advantage while bargaining while speaking with a potential buyer
  • Impress buyers with written proof of your home's condition inside and out
  • Call attention to any problems and eliminate overlooked repairs hassles that might delay a closing
  • Help prevent the odds of unrevealed problems that cause sales to deteriorate

People are surprised when they find out their home's value is higher than they originally thought. So investing in an appraisal allowed them to get several thousand more than they originally thought. Others have an an exaggerated opinion of their home's value, by getting an appraisal it helped them to to realistically price their home allowing them to quickly sell it instead of gathering dust on the market for months. An overpriced home rarely attracts buyers, reducing your offers, making closing more difficult, wasting valuable time, money, and efforts.

We also help agents price homes in Knox County

Even if you're working with a very skilled agent, it's definitely a good idea to have an objective third-party's opinion of value prior to signing a listing agreement. And that's where Creative Realty comes in. We can furnish you with a pre-listing appraisal that will let you and your agent have a precise summarizing of your home's characteristics and a detailed breakdown of the latest and similar comparable sales which we typically refer to as "comps" in the appraisal industry.

Sometimes it's useful to have a general resource for local real estate knowledge

Have you decided against a full appraisal but still need some information about how the real estate market is doing in your area? You might feel like you don't need an "appraisal" but you'd still like some help collecting local sales and property data. We can provide assistance for your real estate dilemmas with services especially tailored for customers with your real estate needs.

Here's what you can expect when you order an appraisal from ....

  • Immediate response to your initial inquiry: We will give you personalized information for your particular appraisal need. We'll be more then happy to provide suggestions, just tell us what your situation is
  • Swift turnaround time: Typically in a weeks time or less from the date we receive the request, you'll have a 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 offer many different of types of reports, and have know how 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.
  • Prompt response to follow-up questions: When we create reports, we make sure they are clearly written, easy to understand, and adhere to the Uniform Standards of Professional Practice that moderates the appraisal practice. Should you have any confusion regarding your appraisal, once you've read through the report, just give us a call or email us!