Attention homeowners in Colorado Springs and El Paso County: Need an appraisal?

The top 7 reasons why CO homeowners order from Colorado Front Range Appraisals:

  1. Get a pre-listing appraisal (whether you're using an agent or selling the home on your own)
  2. To challenge a CO property tax assessment
  3. Remove PMI to lower their monthly mortgage payment
  4. To reinstate their Home Equity Line of Credit (HELOC)
  5. To review another appraiser's report for verification
  6. In the case of a CO divorce, where real estate needs to be divided
  7. To determine the true market value of real estate in question to settle an estate in El Paso county or CO

Own a home in or near Colorado Springs, CO and need help determining the value of it?
Contact Colorado Front Range Appraisals.

We at Colorado Front Range Appraisals understand the unique needs of a customer 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

It's very hard to be objective about your home because you probably have an emotional attachment to it. The professional appraisers at Colorado Front Range Appraisals 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 property will attract interested buyers, a professional appraisal is very valuable as a negotiating tool once you have an interested buyer. The appraisal is something concrete to show the buyer. It's an independent third party's opinion of your property's value, and not just you saying how much your house is worth. Potential buyers assume you have an emotional attachment to your home and will be much more likely to give credibility to an expert appraiser's value report than yours.

Appraisals to cancel PMI

PMI stands for Private Mortgage Insurance. A preferred money saver for homeowners is to get the PMI canceled from their mortgage loan, thus saving them money on their monthly payments. Once your mortgage loan amount is down below 80% of the value of your house, in most cases you can apply to a lender to have the PMI canceled from your loan, which will make your monthly payments go down. At Colorado Front Range Appraisals, we're seasoned in helping people just like you abolish unwanted PMI insurance.

Challenge Tax Assessment

Your local tax assessor may have your house overvalued if you live in a region that's declining. That only means you're probably paying more taxes than you should. The faster you take care of a matter like this, the better, since your property assessment may likely go up again in the next period. When challenging your property tax assessment, getting a professional appraisal from Colorado Front Range Appraisals is your chief weapon.

Was your HELOC recently frozen?

Your lender may make the decision to automatically freeze your home equity line of credit (HELOC) if your house is near a declining area -- even if your specific property has not declined in value. This can this be inopportune from a cash flow angle, and destructive to your credit score since it may appear as though that credit line is maxed out. Colorado Front Range Appraisals can help you reinstate your home equity line of credit with an expert appraisal.

We Provide Field and Desktop Appraisal Review Services

Have you just accepted a copy of your appraisal and you would like to have an expert double-check it for accuracy or do you desire a second opinion without the added cost and delay of waiting for a whole new appraisal? Colorado Front Range Appraisals offers field reviews where we'll 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.

We can also provide a retrospective review of any appraisal report you may have had in the past. While typically requested by banks, you may wish to exploit this service if you suspect mortgage fraud related to your property.