Getting an appraisal from GLA APPRAISAL CO. before putting your Allegheny County home on the market saves you time and money.

If you're planning on selling your home soon, a professional appraisal is a must. An appraisal doesn't cost that much and it pays you in the long run! Unless a homeowner studies real estate values on a day to day basis, like a professional appraiser does, it's practically impossible for them to get a handle on local real estate values.

While important, an appraisal is not about the costs of purchasing and upgrading your home, or the amount you'd like to get for it. Instead, a appraisal provides a professional opinion on how much your home will bring on the open market.

Contact us for information regarding our specialized services for home sellers.

Need help setting a price when selling yourself?

Quite a few PA homeowners are choosing to sell their homes FSBO (For Sale By Owner) and foregoing the help of a real estate agent. But to do it right, quickly and to get the most you can, what you need is a professional appraisal. The best thing to have is objective opinions, it can be very hard to take an objective look at own home because of your emotional attachment to it. We will explain to you what you need to know, not just what you want to hear.

In addition to helping you set a realistic selling price to attract more potential buyers, a professional appraisal can:

  • Allow you to have the edge while negotiating while speaking with a potential buyer
  • Put buyers at ease with written proof of the condition of your home's interior and exterior
  • Alert you of problems and eliminate overlooked repairs hassles that might hold-up a closing
  • Help lower the odds of unrevealed problems that cause sales to backslide

It can be surprising to people when they find out the value of their home is a great deal more than they thought. So spending a little on an appraisal provided the data to support a sale for several thousand more than they could have gotten originally. Others have an an exaggerated impression of their home's value, by getting an appraisal it helped them to to set a more reasonable price their home in order for it to sell quickly rather than sitting on the market for months. Selling too high rarely attracts buyers, which means no offers and no closing, wasting valuable time, money, and efforts.

We also help agents price homes in Allegheny County

Even if you're working with the most experienced agent, it's definitely a good idea to get an unbiased second opinion of value prior to finalizing a listing agreement. Let GLA APPRAISAL CO. help. An appraisal can be indispensable in this scenario. It will give both you and your agent a complete description of your property and its features and give you insight into how the local real estate market is performing with a record of the latest comparable properties in the area.

Serving PA with the greatest real estate consulting services

Don't need an entire appraisal but are looking for information about how real estate is doing in your area? Maybe you feel like you don't need an "appraisal" but you'd still like some help analyzing local sales and property data. We can be a resource for your real estate concerns with services especially designed for customers with your real estate needs.

If your curious what to expect from us when ordering an appraisal just take a look....

  • Immediate response to your initial inquiry: We personalize information to the needs of our customers Just tell us your situation and give you suggestions.
  • Swift turnarounds on appraisals: Typically in a weeks time or less from the date we receive the request, we can have a PDF of the report in your e-mail inbox.
  • Consulting and Appraisal report arrangements that suit YOUR needs: We've worked on lots of assignments, and we've learned that when it comes real estateconsulting and appraising there isn't a typical or standard, "generic" assignment. We provide a variety of types of reports, and have know how at providing appraisals to clients that keep the industry jargon to a minimum in an easy to read format without a lot of industry jargon.
  • Quick reply to follow-up questions: Reports we write are written in plain English, comprehensible to people outside the real estate industry, and meet or exceed the Uniform Standards of Professional Practice that governs the appraisal practice. If you have any questions about your appraisal, once you've read through the report, we encourage you to email or call us!