Attention homeowners in Leavenworth and Chelan County: Get an Appraisal today!

Here are the top seven reasons WA homeowners use Touchstone Appraisal, LLC:

  1. To get a pre-listing appraisal (whether you're using a real estate agent or selling the home on your own)
  2. Challenge a property tax assessment
  3. To cut a monthly mortgage payment by removing PMI
  4. Reinstate their Home Equity Line of Credit (or HELOC)
  5. To review another appraiser's report for verification
  6. In the case of a WA divorce, where real estate property needs to be divided
  7. Determine the true market value of property in question to settle an estate in Chelan county or WA

Need help determining the value of your home in or near Leavenworth, WA?
Contact Touchstone Appraisal, LLC.

At Touchstone Appraisal, LLC, we understand the special needs of a consumer in need of appraisal services. Our business practices and reporting formats are familiar to our business clients like lenders, lawyers, and accountants. Being a homeowner that ordinarily doesn't see an appraisal on a regular basis,we will give you extra guidance and explanations through the appraisal process to better understand what we do and how we present our conclusions.

For Sale By Owner/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 Touchstone Appraisal, LLC, 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 interested buyers, a professional appraisal is very important as a negotiating tool once you have a likely buyer. The appraisal is something tangible to show the buyer. An appraisal is an independent third party's opinion of your property's price -- not just you saying how much your house is worth. Potential buyers assume you have an emotional attachment to your house and will be much more likely to give credibility to an expert appraiser's value judgement than yours.

Appraisals to remove PMI

A fashionable way to cut costs for homeowners is getting the PMI removed from their mortgage loan, thus saving them money on their monthly payments. PMI stands for "Private Mortgage Insurance". Once your mortgage loan amount is less than 80% of the value of your house, in most cases you can apply to the lender to have the PMI canceled from your loan, which will make your monthly payments go down. Touchstone Appraisal, LLC is veterans in helping people just like you dismiss unneeded and unwanted PMI insurance.

Challenge Chelan county's assessment of your property

Lets say you live in an area that's going down -- your local tax assessor may have your home overvalued. That only means you're paying 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 off you'll be. Getting an appraisal from Touchstone Appraisal, LLC is your best weapon when contesting your property tax assessment.

Was your HELOC recently frozen?

If your property is in or near a declining area, your lender just may make the decision to automatically freeze your home equity line of credit (HELOC) - even if your specific property has not declined in value. Not only can this be troublesome from a cash flow point of view, but it can be negative on your credit score since it may appear as though that credit line is maxed out. Touchstone Appraisal, LLC can provide you with an expert appraisal that will help you reinstate your HELOC.

We Also Offer Field and Desktop Appraisal Review Services

Do you need a seasoned appraiser to double-check your appraisal for verity, or do you need a second opinion without the expense and delay of waiting for a whole new appraisal? In a field review we will go out and check the subject and comps in question. If you're in a rush, we'll provide you with a 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 While typically requested by banks, you may desire to use this service if you suspect mortgage fraud related to your home.