Attention homeowners in Dorr and Allegan County: Get an Appraisal today!

See the top seven reasons why MI homeowners use West Michigan Appraisers:

  1. Find the right listing price (whether you're using a real estate agent or selling the home on your own)
  2. To challenge a MI property tax assessment
  3. To reduce their mortgage payments by removing PMI
  4. Reinstate your Home Equity Line of Credit (HELOC)
  5. Review a different appraiser's report for verification
  6. In the case of a MI divorce, when real estate needs to be divided
  7. Settle an estate in MI by determining the true market value of real estate in question

Do you own a home in or near Dorr? Do you need help determining the value of your real estate?
Contact West Michigan Appraisers.

At West Michigan Appraisers, we understand the unique needs of a homeowner in need of appraisal services. While our usual business 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

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

Need to cancel PMI?

A fashionable 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 is below 80% of the value of your house. In most cases you can apply to your lender to have the PMI canceled from your loan. We are seasoned in helping clients just like you abolish unneeded PMI insurance.

Challenging Allegan county's assessment of your property

Your local tax assessor may have your house overvalued if you live in an area that is declining. This only means you are paying higher taxes than you should be paying. Since your property assessment may likely go up again in the next period, the sooner you take care of a matter like this, the better. Getting an appraisal report from West Michigan Appraisers is your strongest weapon when challenging your property tax assessment.

Was your HELOC recently frozen?

Even if your specific property has not declined in value, your lender may decide to automatically freeze your home equity line of credit (HELOC) if your home is close to a declining area. This can be be negative on your credit score since it may appear as though that credit line is maxed out, and also annoying from a cash flow point of view. An appraisal from West Michigan Appraisers can help you reinstate your HELOC.

We Provide Field and Desktop Appraisal Review Services

Do you need a seasoned professional to double-check your appraisal for accuracy, or do you need a second opinion without the charge and delay of waiting for a whole new appraisal? In a field review we will go out and check the subject and comps. Or, if you're in a rush, 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 had done before. Even though this is typically requested by banks, you may wish to make use of this service if you suspect mortgage fraud related to your house.