Putting a house on the market in or near Middlesex County? Contact Stern & Dragoset Appraisal Group and make sure you're setting the price right.

If you're planning on selling your home soon, a professional appraisal is absolutely necessary. An appraisal doesn't cost that much and it pays you in the long run! Unless the homeowner spends hours every week on real estate valuation, like an appraiser, it's hard for them to get a handle on local real estate values.

While important, an appraisal is not about how much you have invested in your home, or how much you want to sell it for. Rather, a appraisal provides a professional opinion on your home's market value.

Contact us for any questions regarding services specialized for home sellers.

Selling yourself instead of using a real estate agent and need help with pricing?

More and more NJ homeowners are making the decision to sell their homes FSBO (For Sale By Owner) and foregoing the assistance of a real estate agent. But if you're going 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 hard to be objective about your own home because of your emotional attachment to it. We will tell you what you need to know, not just what you want to hear.

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

  • Be a very helpful negotiating tool while speaking with a potential buyer
  • Put buyers at ease with written proof of your home's condition inside and out
  • Call attention to any issues and eliminate overlooked repairs hassles that might stall a closing
  • Prevent the odds of hidden problems that cause sales to fall through

It can be surprising to people when they find out that their home's value is more than they originally believed. So investing in a professional appraisal allowed them to get thousands more than they thought they would get. Others have an an overestimated impression when they put a value on their home, by getting an appraisal it 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.

Pre-listing appraisals in Middlesex County

Even if you're working with a very skillful agent, it's in your best interest to have an objective third-party's opinion of value prior to signing a listing agreement. And that's where Stern & Dragoset Appraisal Group comes in. We can provide you with a pre-listing appraisal so both you and your agent have a precise writeup of your home's characteristics and a detailed breakdown of the most recent and similar comparable sales which we typically refer to as "comps" in the appraisal industry.

Consulting services for Woodbridge Sellers: Have a local expert at your disposal

Not sure if you need an entire appraisal but still need some information about how the real estate market is doing in your area? Maybe you feel like an appraisal is not necessary but you need some help gathering local sales and property data. We can be a resource for your real estate decisions with services especially designed for consumers with your real estate needs.

If your wondering what to expect from when you order an appraisal just take a look....

  • We take great pride in making sure that when you send your initial inquiry, you get a response ASAP: We personalize information to the needs of our clients We'll be more then happy to offer suggestions, just let us know what your situation is
  • Fast turnarounds for appraisals: Normally in a weeks time or less from the date we receive the request, we can have a PDF of the report in your e-mail inbox.
  • Consulting and Appraisal report arrangements to suit YOUR needs: We've done a large amount of assignments, and we've learned that in the art of real estateappraising there is no typical or standard, "generic" assignment. We offer many different of types of reports, and have a lot of experience at providing appraisals to clients that keep the industry jargon to a minimum in an easy to read format without a lot of industry jargon.
  • Prompt reply to follow-up questions: When we create reports, we make sure they are clearly written, easy to understand, and meet or exceed the Uniform Standards of Professional Practice that governs the appraisal practice. Should you have any questions about your appraisal, once you've read through the report, feel free to give us a call or email us!