Attention homeowners: Real estate appraisal services for in Santa Clarita and Los Angeles County

The top seven reasons why CA homeowners need Haas Appraisal:

  1. To get a pre-listing appraisal (whether they're selling the home themselves or using an agent)
  2. Challenge Los Angeles county's assessment of your property
  3. To lower their mortgage payment by removing PMI
  4. To reinstate their Home Equity Line of Credit (or HELOC)
  5. Review another appraiser's report for verification
  6. If property needs to be divided because of a divorce
  7. To settle an estate in Los Angeles county or CA by determining the true market value of property in question

Own a house in or near Santa Clarita, CA and need help deciding the price of it?
Contact Haas Appraisal.

We at Haas Appraisal understand the particular needs of a customer looking for appraisal services. While our usual 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.

Pre-listing Services/For Sale By Owner

Since you have an emotional attachment to your home, it's often very hard to be objective about it. Professional appraisers, like the ones at Haas Appraisal, are objective. We will tell you what you need to know, not just what you want to hear. In addition to helping you set a realistic price to sell at so your property will attract buyers, a professional appraisal is a very valuable negotiating tool once you have a likely buyer. It's something concrete to show the buyer. The appraisal is an independent third party's opinion of your home's value, not just you saying how much you think your home is worth. Interested buyers assume that you have an emotional attachment to your home and will be much more likely to give credibility to an experienced appraiser's value estimation than yours.

Need to cancel PMI?

An attractive money saver for homeowners is getting the PMI canceled 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 is less than 80% of the value of your house. In most cases you can apply to the lender to have the PMI removed from your loan. We are seasoned in helping consumers just like you rid yourselves of unneeded PMI insurance.

Challenging property tax assessments

If you live in a region that is going down or not appreciating as much as other properties close to yours, your local tax assessor may have your house overvalued. That means you are going to pay more taxes than you should. Since your property assessment may likely go up again in the next period, the faster you take care of a matter like this, the better. When contesting your property tax assessment, getting an expert appraisal from Haas Appraisal is your perfect weapon.

HELOC recently frozen?

Even if your specific property has not declined in value, your lender might just choose to automatically freeze your home equity line of credit (HELOC) if your home is in a declining area. Not only can this be inconvenient from a cash flow angle, but it can be harmful to your credit score since it may appear as though that credit line is maxed out. Haas Appraisal can help you reinstate your home equity line of credit with an expert appraisal.

Field and Desktop Appraisal Review Services

Have you just received a copy of your appraisal and you would wish to have an expert double-check it for efficiency or do you desire a second opinion without the added cost and delay of waiting for a whole new appraisal? In a field review we will go out and check the subject and comparables. Or, if you need it immediately, we can provide you with a 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 a retrospective review of any appraisal you may have in your possession. While typically requested by banks, you may want to use this service if you suspect mortgage fraud related to your home.