Appraisal services for Palm Springs and Riverside County homeowners

Here are the top seven reasons CA homeowners order from Brinkman Appraisal Services:

  1. Pre-listing appraisals (whether you're using a real estate agent or selling the home on your own)
  2. Challenge Riverside county's assessment of your property
  3. Remove PMI to lower a mortgage payment
  4. Reinstate their Home Equity Line of Credit (or HELOC)
  5. Verify another appraiser's report
  6. In the case of a CA divorce, where real estate property needs to be divided
  7. To settle an estate in Riverside county or CA by determining the true market value of real estate in question

Need help deciding the price of your home in or near Palm Springs, CA?
Contact Brinkman Appraisal Services.

We at Brinkman Appraisal Services understand the particular needs of a homeowner in need of appraisal services. Our regular business clients are used to the appraisal process and the standard reporting formats. But as a general consumer,we'll be sure you get extra guidance and explanations through the appraisal process to understand what we do and how we report our conclusions.

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

It's very hard to be objective about your house because you probably have an emotional attachment to it. A professional appraiser is objective and will tell you what you need to know, not just what you want to hear. A professional appraisal is a very important negotiating tool once you have an attainable buyer, in addition to helping you set a realistic price to sell at so your home will attract many interested buyers. The appraisal is something concrete to show your buyer. The appraisal is an independent third party's opinion of your house's price, not just you saying how much you think your house is worth. Interested buyers know that you have an emotional attachment to your house and will be more likely to give credibility to an experienced appraiser's value assessment than yours.

PMI Removal Appraisals

PMI stands for Private Mortgage Insurance. A preferred way to save money for homeowners is getting the PMI canceled from their mortgage loan, thus saving them money on their monthly payments. Your monthly payments will go down once your mortgage loan is less than 80% of the value of your home. In most cases you can apply to the lender to have the PMI eliminated from your loan. We are seasoned in helping people just like you rid themselves of unwanted PMI insurance.

Challenge Riverside county's assessment of your property

Your local tax assessor may have your house overvalued if your home not appreciating as much as other homes close to yours. This only means you're paying higher taxes than you should be paying. Since your property assessment may likely go up again in the next period, the faster you take care of things like this, the better. Getting an expert appraisal from Brinkman Appraisal Services is your chief weapon when contesting your property tax assessment.

Was your HELOC recently frozen?

Even if your specific property has not declined in value, your lender might decide to automatically freeze your home equity line of credit (HELOC) if your home is in or near a declining area. Not only can this be disadvantageous from a cash flow point of view, but it can be harmful to your credit score since it may appear as though that credit line is maxed out. Brinkman Appraisal Services can provide you with efficient appraisal to help you reinstate your HELOC.

We Also Provide Field and Desktop Appraisal Review Services

Would you prefer a second opinion without the expense and delay of waiting for a whole new appraisal? Or do you desire a professional to double-check your appraisal for preciseness? Brinkman Appraisal Services offers field reviews where we'll go out and check the subject and comps in question. If you need it in a rush, we'll 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? Brinkman Appraisal Services can help with that too. Even though this is usually requested by banks, you may desire to exploit this service if you suspect mortgage fraud related to your home.