Appraisal services for Victorville and San Bernardino County homeowners

Check out the top seven reasons why CA homeowners hire Schweitzer Appraisals:

Find the right listing price (whether they're selling the home on their own or using a real estate agent)
Challenge property tax assessments
To lower their mortgage payments by removing PMI
Reinstate your Home Equity Line of Credit (HELOC)
Verify another appraiser's report
If property needs to be divided because of a divorce
Determine the true market value of real estate in question to settle an estate

Need help deciding the value of your house in or near Victorville, CA?
Contact Schweitzer Appraisals.

At Schweitzer Appraisals, we understand the special needs of a customer looking for appraisal services. Our typical business clients understand the appraisal process and the usual "products" we deliver to them. As our non-traditionalclient, you can expect extra guidance and explanations through the appraisal process to more clearly understand what we do and how we report our findings.

Pre-listing Services/For Sale By Owner (FSBO)

It's very hard to be objective about your own house because of your emotional attachment to it. Our professional appraisers at Schweitzer Appraisals are objective. We won't just tell you what you want to hear, we'll tell you what you need to know. A professional appraisal is a very valuable negotiating tool once you have an attainable buyer, in addition to helping you set a realistic selling price so your house will attract interested buyers. It gives you something concrete to show the buyer. It's an independent third party's opinion of your house's price, and not just you saying how much your home is worth. Potential 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 judgement than yours.

Need to remove PMI?

Getting the PMI (Private Mortgage Insurance) canceled from your mortgage loan is a popular way to save money for homeowners. Once your mortgage loan is less than 80% of the value of your home, in most cases you can apply to your lender to have the PMI removed from your loan, which will make your monthly payments go down. Schweitzer Appraisals is qualified in helping consumers just like you abolish unwanted PMI insurance.

Challenge a property tax assessment

Your local tax assessor may have your house overvalued if you live in a local area that is going down. That means you're most likely paying more taxes than you should. The sooner you take care of things like this, the better, since your property assessment may likely go up again in the next period. An appraisal report from Schweitzer Appraisals is your chief weapon when contesting your property tax assessment.

Recently got a freeze your HELOC?

Your lender might make the decision to automatically freeze your home equity line of credit (HELOC) if your property is close to a declining area -- even if your specific property has not declined in value. This can this be inconvenient from a cash flow angle, and destructive to your credit score since it may appear as though that credit line is maxed out. Schweitzer Appraisals can provide you with a professional appraisal that will help you reinstate your HELOC.

We Also Provide Field and Desktop Appraisal Review Services

Have you just been handed a copy of your appraisal and you would prefer to have a professional double-check it for preciseness or do you need a second opinion without the added cost and delay of waiting for a whole new appraisal? We can go out and check the subject and comparables in question in a field review. If you need it in a rush, we'll provide 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 you may have in your possession. Even though this is usually requested by banks, you may wish to exercise this service if you suspect mortgage fraud related to your property.