Need an appraisal in Marietta or Washington County?

The top reasons OH homeowners use CW Appraisals Ltd:

To get a pre-listing appraisal (whether you're using an agent or selling the home on your own)
Challenge Washington county's assessment of your property
Remove PMI to cut a mortgage payments
Reinstate their Home Equity Line of Credit (or HELOC)
Review a different appraiser's report for verification
If real estate needs to be divided because of a divorce
Settle an estate in OH by determining the true market value of property in question

Need help deciding the value of your home in or near Marietta, OH?
Contact CW Appraisals Ltd.

At CW Appraisals Ltd, we understand the individual needs of a customer seeking appraisal services. While our typical clients understand the appraisal process and standard reporting formats, you as a consumer will get extra 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

It's very hard to be objective about your own home because of your emotional attachment to it. Our professional appraisers at CW Appraisals Ltd are objective. We won't just tell you what you want to hear, we will tell you what you need to know. A professional appraisal is very valuable as a negotiating tool once you have a potential buyer, in addition to helping you set a realistic selling price so your home will attract many interested buyers. It gives you something tangible to show your buyer. An appraisal is an independent third party's opinion of your house's price -- not just you saying how much your house is worth. Interested buyers assume you have an emotional attachment to your house and will be far more likely to give credibility to a professional appraiser's value report than yours.

Appraisals to cancel PMI

PMI stands for Private Mortgage Insurance. An attractive money saver for homeowners is getting the PMI eliminated from their mortgage loan, thus saving them money on their monthly payments. Once your mortgage loan is below 80% of the value of your house, in most cases you can apply to your lender to have the PMI removed from your loan, which will make your monthly payments go down. We are qualified in helping folks just like you delete unwanted PMI insurance.

Challenging property tax assessments

Your local tax assessor may have your home overvalued if you live in an area that's declining or is not appreciating as much as other properties nearby. That only means you're paying more taxes than you should. Since your property assessment may likely go up again in the next period, the faster you take care of things like this, the better off you'll be. Getting an appraisal report from CW Appraisals Ltd is your strongest weapon when challenging your property tax assessment.

Was your HELOC recently frozen?

Your lender might make the decision to automatically freeze your home equity line of credit (HELOC) if your house is close to a declining area -- even if your specific property has not declined in value. Not only can this be troublesome from a cash flow angle, but it can be damaging to your credit score since it may appear as though that credit line is maxed out. An appraisal from CW Appraisals Ltd can help you reinstate your HELOC.

Need Field and Desktop Appraisal Review Services?

Do you need a seasoned professional to double-check your appraisal for efficiency, or do you desire a second opinion without the added cost and delay of waiting for a whole new appraisal? CW Appraisals Ltd offers field reviews where we'll go out and check the subject and comps. Or, if you need it in a rush, we can provide you with a 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? CW Appraisals Ltd can help you with that. While usually requested by banks, you may need to take advantage of this service if you suspect mortgage fraud related to your house.