Getting an appraisal from Layton and Watkins, Inc. before putting your Maricopa County home on the market saves you time and money.

Selling your home? You would be wise to invest in an appraisal. An appraisal doesn't cost that much and it pays in the long run! Unless the homeowner spends hours every week on real estate valuation, like a professional appraiser does, it's difficult for them to fully grasp their local real estate market.

We are not talking about how much you have invested in your home, or the amount you need to get out of it. Rather, an appraisal provides a professional opinion on how much your home will bring on the open market. After all, a home is only worth what another person is willing to pay.


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

More and more Arizona homeowners are choosing to sell their homes FSBO (For Sale By Owner) and foregoing the help of a real estate agent. But if you're going to do it right, with minimal waiting and for the best price, what you need is a professional appraisal. You need an objective opinion, 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.

Not only will getting a professional appraisal help you set a realistic selling price to attract more potential buyers, a professional appraisal can:

Give you an advantage while bargaining when you find a potential buyer
Put buyers at ease with written proof of your home's condition inside and out
Alert you of problems and eliminate overlooked repairs hassles that might delay a closing
Help lower the chances of unknown problems that cause sales to go up in smoke

People are surprised when they find out their home's value is quite a bit more than they thought. So taking the first step and spending a little on an appraisal provided the data to support a sale for several thousand more than they could have originally netted. Others have an an inflated assessment when they put a value on their home, and an appraisal helped them to to set a more reasonable price for their home - allowing them to quickly sell it - rather than sitting on the market for months. An overpriced home causes buyers to back off, which means no offers and no closing, wasting your valuable time and draining your resources while your house waits for a buyer.

We also help agents price homes in Maricopa County

Even if you have a very skilled agent, it's definitely a good idea to get an analysis of your home's value before signing a listing contract. Let Layton and Watkins, Inc. help. An appraisal can be extremely helpful in this scenario. It will give both you and your agent a complete breakdown of your property and its features which will give you insight into how the local real estate market is performing with a detailed analysis of the latest comparable properties in the area.

Serving Mesa with the finest real estate consulting services

Don't need a full appraisal but still need some information about how Maricopa real estate is doing in your area? We have services designed for the needs of consumers like you to help with your real estate decisions.

After you order an appraisal report through Layton and Watkins, Inc., you can expect....

We pride ourselves on making sure that when you send your initial inquiry, you get a immediate response: We personalize information to the needs of our customers. Just explain your situation, and we will give you suggestions.
Swift turnaround time: Typically one week or less from the date we receive the request, you'll have a PDF of the report ready to download.
Consulting and appraisal report formats that suit YOUR needs: When it comes to appraisal and consulting, one size does NOT fit all. We provide many different types of reports and are experts at providing appraisals to consumers that keep the industry jargon to a minimum so that you don't have to be real estate attorney to understand it.
Quick to follow-up questions: When we write reports, we make sure they are clearly written, comprehensible to people outside the real estate industry, and meet or exceed the Uniform Standards of Professional Practice that regulates the appraisal practice. If you have any confusion concerning your appraisal after you've read the report, we suggest that you simply email or call us!