Attention homeowners in Thornton and Adams County: Need an appraisal?

Here are the top reasons CO homeowners need Trent Eylens:

  1. Get a pre-listing appraisal (whether they're selling the home on their own or using a real estate agent)
  2. To challenge a CO property tax assessment
  3. To lower a mortgage payments by removing PMI
  4. To reinstate your Home Equity Line of Credit (or HELOC)
  5. Verify another appraiser's report
  6. In the case of a CO divorce, when real estate property needs to be divided
  7. Determine the true market value of property in question to settle an estate in CO

Do you own a home in or near Thornton? Do you need help determining the price of your real estate?
Contact Trent Eylens.

We at Trent Eylens understand the individual 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 an extra level of 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/Pre-Listing Services

Since you have an emotional attachment to your own home, it's often very hard to be objective about it. Professional appraisers, like the ones at Trent Eylens, will be objective. We'll 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 an interested buyer, in addition to helping you set a realistic price to sell at so your property will attract buyers. It gives you something tangible to show the buyer. An appraisal is an independent third party's opinion of your house's value -- not just how much you think your house is worth. Interested buyers assume you have an emotional attachment to your house and will be far more likely to give credibility to an expert appraiser's value assessment than yours.

Appraisals to remove PMI

PMI stands for Private Mortgage Insurance. An attractive way to cut expenses for homeowners is to get the PMI canceled from their mortgage loan, thus saving them money on their monthly payments. Your monthly payments will go down once your mortgage loan is less than 80% of the value of your home. In most cases you can apply to the lender to have the PMI removed from your loan. We are experts in helping homeowners just like you rid themselves of unwanted and unneeded PMI insurance.

Challenging a property tax assessment

Lets say you live in a local area that's declining -- your local tax assessor may have your home overvalued. This means you're paying 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 a professional appraisal from Trent Eylens is your perfect weapon.

HELOC recently frozen?

Even if your specific property has not declined in value, your lender may choose to automatically freeze your home equity line of credit (HELOC) if your property is close to a declining area. This can this be difficult and inconvenient from a cash flow standpoint, and unfavorable to your credit score since it may appear as though that credit line is maxed out. Trent Eylens can provide you with a professional appraisal that will help you reinstate your HELOC.

Field and Desktop Appraisal Review Services

Have you just received a copy of your appraisal and you would prefer to have an expert double-check it for preciseness or do you need a second opinion without the cost and delay of waiting for a whole new appraisal? An appraiser from Trent Eylens can go out and check the subject and comps in a field review. 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.

Do you need a retrospective review of an appraisal? Trent Eylens can help you with that. Even though this is usually requested by banks, you may wish to make use of this service if you suspect mortgage fraud related to your house.