Need an appraisal in Weatherford or Parker County?

Check out the top seven reasons why TX homeowners order from Carol Lea:

Find the right listing price (whether you're using an agent or selling the home on your own)
Challenge property tax assessments
To cut a monthly mortgage payment by removing PMI
Reinstate your Home Equity Line of Credit (HELOC)
Verify a different appraiser's report
In the case of a TX divorce, where real estate property needs to be divided
Settle an estate in TX by determining the true market value of real estate in question

Own a home in or near Weatherford, TX and need help deciding the price of it?
Contact Carol Lea.

We at Carol Lea understand the unique needs of a homeowner after appraisal services. Our typical business clients are used to the appraisal process and the usual reporting formats. As our non-traditionalclient, you'll receive extra guidance and explanations through the appraisal process to more fully understand what we do and how we present our conclusions.

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

Since you have an emotional attachment to your own home, it's often very hard to be objective about it. Our professional appraisers at Carol Lea are objective. We won't just tell you what you want to hear, we'll tell you what you need to know. A professional appraisal is a very important negotiating tool once you have an interested buyer, in addition to helping you set a realistic selling price so your home will attract interested buyers. The appraisal is something concrete to show the buyer. The appraisal is an independent third party's opinion of your home's price, not just how much your home is worth. Potential buyers assume that you have an emotional attachment to your house and will be more likely to give credibility to a qualified appraiser's value assessment than yours.

Need to remove PMI?

Getting the PMI (Private Mortgage Insurance) canceled from your mortgage loan is a fashionable money saver for homeowners. Your monthly payments will go down once your mortgage loan is less than 80% of the value of your house. In most cases you can apply to a lender to have the PMI canceled from your loan. Carol Lea is seasoned in helping homeowners just like you rid themselves of unnecessary PMI insurance.

Challenging a property tax assessment

Your local tax assessor may have your house overvalued if your home is not appreciating as much as other houses close to yours. That means you are paying more taxes than you should. Since your property assessment may likely go up again in the next period, the quicker you take care of things like this, the better off you'll be. Getting an appraisal report from Carol Lea is your #1 weapon when challenging your property tax assessment.

HELOC recently frozen?

Your lender may decide to automatically freeze your home equity line of credit (HELOC) if your house is near a declining area -- even if your specific property has not declined in value. This can this be disadvantageous from a cash flow viewpoint, and harmful to your credit score since it may appear as though that credit line is maxed out. Carol Lea can help you reinstate your home equity line of credit with efficient appraisal.

Do You Need Field and Desktop Appraisal Review Services?

Would you wish a second opinion without the charge and delay of waiting for a whole new appraisal? Or do you need a seasoned expert to double-check your appraisal for accuracy? Carol Lea offers field reviews where we'll go out and check the subject and comparables in question. If you need it ASAP, we'll 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? Carol Lea can help with that too. Even though this is usually requested by banks, you may wish to make use of this service if you suspect mortgage fraud related to your house.