Appraisal services for Fort Wayne and Allen County homeowners

The top seven reasons IN homeowners hire Frisby Appraisal Services:

  1. Pre-listing appraisals (whether they're selling the home themselves or using a real estate agent)
  2. Challenge property tax assessments
  3. To reduce a mortgage payments by removing PMI
  4. Reinstate their Home Equity Line of Credit (or HELOC)
  5. Review another appraiser's report for verification
  6. If real estate needs to be divided because of a divorce
  7. To determine the true market value of real estate in question to settle an estate

Do you own a home in or near Fort Wayne? Do you need help determining the price of your real estate?
Contact Frisby Appraisal Services.

We at Frisby Appraisal Services understand the special needs of a homeowner in need of appraisal services. While our typical clients understand the appraisal process and standard reporting formats, you as a consumer will get extra customer service in the form of an explanation of the process and even special consumer-friendly reporting forms if the assignment allows for them.

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

It's very hard to be objective about your house because you probably have an emotional attachment to it. Professional appraisers, like the ones at Frisby Appraisal Services, will be objective. We will tell you what you need to know, not just what you want to hear. A professional appraisal is very important as a negotiating tool once you have an interested buyer, in addition to helping you set a realistic selling price so your property will attract many interested buyers. It's something concrete to show the buyer. The appraisal is an independent third party's opinion of your home's value, not just how much your home is worth. Potential buyers assume you have an emotional attachment to your house and will be more likely to give credibility to an expert appraiser's value estimation than yours.

Need to remove PMI?

A popular way to cut expenses for homeowners is getting the PMI eliminated from their mortgage loan, thus saving them money on their monthly payments. PMI stands for "Private Mortgage Insurance". Once your mortgage loan is 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 Frisby Appraisal Services, we're veterans in helping people just like you dismiss unnecessary PMI insurance.

Challenge Allen county's assessment of your property

Your local tax assessor may have your house overvalued if your house not appreciating as much as other houses nearby. This means you're going to pay higher taxes than you should be paying. Since your property assessment may likely go up again in the next period, the earlier you take care of things like this, the better off you'll be. When contesting your property tax assessment, getting an appraisal report from Frisby Appraisal Services is your best weapon.

Was your HELOC recently frozen?

Your lender just may decide to automatically freeze your home equity line of credit (HELOC) if your property is in a declining area -- even if your specific property has not declined in value. This can this be inconvenient from a cash flow standpoint, and detrimental to your credit score since it may appear as though that credit line is maxed out. An appraisal from Frisby Appraisal Services can help you reinstate your HELOC.

We Also Provide Field and Desktop Appraisal Review Services

Have you just accepted a copy of your appraisal and you'd like to have a seasoned professional double-check it for preciseness or do you desire a second opinion without the cost and delay of waiting for a whole new appraisal? An appraiser from Frisby Appraisal Services 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.

Need a retrospective review of an appraisal report? We can help you with that Even though this is usually requested by banks, you may need to use this service if you suspect mortgage fraud related to your property.