Attention homeowners in Harvey and Jefferson County: Get an Appraisal today!

Here are the top seven reasons why LA homeowners use Riverlands Appraisal LLC:

  1. Get a pre-listing appraisal (whether you're using an agent or selling the home on your own)
  2. Challenge Jefferson county's assessment of your propertyvalue
  3. Remove PMI to lower a mortgage payments
  4. Reinstate their Home Equity Line of Credit (HELOC)
  5. Verify a different appraiser's report
  6. If real estate property needs to be divided because of a divorce
  7. Settle an estate in LA by determining the true market value of property in question

Own a home in or near Harvey, LA and need help deciding the price of it?
Contact Riverlands Appraisal LLC.

At Riverlands Appraisal LLC, we understand the particular needs of a customer in need of appraisal services. While our usual clients understand the appraisal process and standard reporting formats, you as a consumer will get extra service in the form of an explanation of the process and even special consumer-friendly reporting forms if the assignment allows for them.

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. The professional appraisers at Riverlands Appraisal 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 many interested buyers, a professional appraisal is a very important negotiating tool once you have an attainable buyer. The appraisal is something tangible to show your buyer. An appraisal is an independent third party's opinion of your property's value -- not just you saying how much you think your house is worth. Potential buyers know that you have an emotional attachment to your home and will be more likely to give credibility to a qualified appraiser's value estimation than yours.

Need to remove PMI?

An attractive way to cut costs 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". Your monthly payments will go down once your mortgage loan amount is below 80% of the value of your property. In most cases you can apply to the lender to have the PMI canceled from your loan. Riverlands Appraisal LLC is seasoned in helping consumers just like you do away with unneeded PMI insurance.

Challenging a property tax assessment

If you live in a region that is declining or not appreciating as much as other homes close to yours, your local tax assessor may have your house overvalued. This means you're going to pay higher taxes than you should be paying. The faster you take care of a matter like this, the better off you'll be, since your property assessment may likely go up again in the next period. When contesting your property tax assessment, getting an appraisal report from Riverlands Appraisal LLC is your perfect weapon.

HELOC recently frozen?

Your lender may just decide to automatically freeze your home equity line of credit (HELOC) if your house is in or near a declining area -- even if your specific property has not declined in value. This can be be bad for your credit score since it may appear as though that credit line is maxed out, and also unsuitable from a cash flow viewpoint. Riverlands Appraisal LLC can help you reinstate your HELOC.

Field and Desktop Appraisal Review Services

Have you just accepted a copy of your appraisal and you would like to have a professional double-check it for verity or do you need a second opinion without the cost and delay of waiting for a whole new appraisal? In a field review we'll go out and check the subject and comparables in question. Or, if you need it in a rush, we can 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? Riverlands Appraisal LLC can help with that too. While usually requested by banks, you may wish to make use of this service if you suspect mortgage fraud related to your home.