Real estate appraisal services for homeowners in the city of MorganTown and Monongalia County

See the top 7 reasons why West Virginia homeowners call on Lincoln Real Estate Services, LLC:

  1. Get a pre-listing appraisal (whether you're using an agent or selling the home on your own)
  2. Challenge Monongalia County's assessment of your property
  3. To lower a mortgage payments by removing PMI
  4. Reinstate your Home Equity Line of Credit (HELOC)
  5. Verify another appraiser's report
  6. If property needs to be divided because of a divorce
  7. To determine the true market value of real estate to settle an estate
Need help determining the price of your home in or near MorganTown, West Virginia? Contact Lincoln Real Estate Services, LLC.

We at Lincoln Real Estate Services, LLC understand the unique needs of a homeowner in need of appraisal services. Our business practices and reporting formats are familiar to our business clients like lenders, attorneys, and CPAs. Being a consumer that most likely doesn't look at appraisals every day, we will give you extra guidance and explanations through the appraisal process to more fully understand what we do and how we present the results of our analysis.

For-Sale-by-Owner (FSBO) / Pre-Listing Services

Since you have an emotional attachment to your own home, it's often very hard to be objective about it. The professional appraisers at Lincoln Real Estate Services, LLC will tell you what you need to know -- not just what you want to hear. We are objective. In addition to helping you set a realistic price to sell at so your home will attract interested buyers, a professional appraisal is a very important negotiating tool once you have an interested buyer. The appraisal is something tangible to show your buyer. It's an independent third party's opinion of your home's value, and not just you saying how much you think your house is worth. Potential buyers assume you have an emotional attachment to your home and will be more likely to give credibility to a professional appraiser's value assessment than yours.

Challenge Tax Assessment

Your local tax assessor may have your home overvalued if your house is not appreciating as much as other houses close by. That only means you're paying more taxes than you should. The sooner you take care of things like this, the better, since your property assessment may likely go up again in the next period. Getting a professional appraisal from Lincoln Real Estate Services, LLC is your strongest weapon when challenging your property tax assessment.

Need to remove PMI?

Getting the PMI (Private Mortgage Insurance) eliminated from your mortgage loan is a popular way to save money for homeowners. Once your mortgage loan is down below 80% of the value of your house, in most cases you can apply to a lender to have the PMI canceled from your loan, which will make your monthly payments go down. At Lincoln Real Estate Services, LLC, we're veterans in helping consumers just like you remove unwanted and unneeded PMI insurance.

Was your HELOC recently frozen?

Your lender may make the decision to automatically freeze your home equity line of credit (HELOC) if your property is in or near a declining area -- even if your specific property has not declined in value. Not only can this be difficult and inconvenient from a cash flow viewpoint, but it can be harmful to your credit score since it may appear as though that credit line is maxed out. Lincoln Real Estate Services, LLC can help you reinstate your HELOC.

Do You Need Field and Desktop Appraisal Review Services?

Have you just been handed a copy of your appraisal and you'd wish to have a seasoned professional double-check it for precision or do you need a second opinion without the added expense and delay of waiting for a whole new appraisal? We can go out and check the subject and comparables in question in a field review. If you need it immediately, we'll provide desk review and verify as many facts as we can, using online data sources as well as our own files.

We can also provide you with a retrospective review of any appraisal report you may have in your possession. While usually requested by banks, you may want to employ this service if you suspect mortgage fraud related to your house.