Listing at the right price is crucial and a professional appraisal from LTV Real Estate Services, Ltd. will ensure you get it right.

Selling your home? You would be wise to invest in an appraisal. Don't think of an appraisal as purely an expense; it pays in the long run! Unless a homeowner spends hours every week on real estate valuation, like a professional appraiser does, it's difficult for them to get a handle on real estate market forces.

It's tempting to want to base your home's value on the costs of purchasing and upgrading your home, or how much you want for it. Rather, an appraisal assesses how much your home will bring on the open market. A home is only worth the price another person is willing to give you.


	Contact us for information regarding the specific services we offer for home sellers.

Selling on your own?

Quite a few Illinois homeowners are deciding to sell their homes FSBO (For Sale By Owner) and foregoing the help of a real estate agent. But if you're going to do it right, with minimal waiting and for the best price, you need a professional appraisal. You need an objective opinion, we're human too, we understand its difficult hard to take an objective look at your own home because of your emotional attachment to it. We will tell you what you need to know, not just what you want to hear.

Not only can getting a professional appraisal help you set a sensible asking price to attract more potential buyers, a professional appraisal can:

Be a very helpful bargaining tool when you find a potential buyer
Put buyers at ease with written proof of the condition of your home's interior and exterior
Alert you of issues and eliminate last-minute repair hassles that might delay a closing
Decrease the possibility of unidentified problems that cause sales to backslide

People are surprised when they find out that their home's value is higher than they first thought. So spending a little on a professional appraisal provided the data to support a sale for several thousand more than they originally thought. Others have an an inflated opinion of their home's value, and by getting an appraisal it helped them to to set a more reasonable price for their home in order for it to sell quickly - rather than sitting on the market for months. An overpriced home causes buyers to back off, which means no offers and no closing, wasting your valuable time and draining your resources while you're in Real Estate "limbo".

We also help agents price homes in Cook County

Even if you have a very skillful agent, it's definitely a good idea to get an analysis of value prior to signing a listing contract. And that's where LTV Real Estate Services, Ltd. comes in. We can provide you with a pre-listing appraisal so both you and your agent have an accurate summarizing of your home's features and a detailed breakdown of the most recent and similar comparable sales which we typically refer to as "comps" in the appraisal industry.

LTV Real Estate Services, Ltd. is available for general consulting

If you feel like you don't need an "appraisal" but you need assistance analyzing local sales and property data, we offer services designed for the needs of customers like you to assist with your real estate decisions.

This is a little bit of what you can expect when you place an order for an appraisal from LTV Real Estate Services, Ltd....

We take great pride in making sure that when you send your initial inquiry, you get a response ASAP: We tailor information to the needs of our customers. We'll be thrilled to offer suggestions - just tell us what your situation is.
Fast turnaround on appraisals: Usually one week or less from the date the request is received, you'll have a PDF ready for you to download from our site or in your e-mail.
Appraisal and consulting report presentations that suit YOUR needs: When dealing with appraisal and consulting, one size does NOT fit all. We offer quite a few different report types and have an abundance of experience at providing appraisals to clients sans the industry jargon so that you don't have to be real estate attorney to understand it.
Prompt to follow-up questions: When we write reports, we make sure they are clearly written, simple to understand, and meet or exceed the Uniform Standards of Professional Practice that regulates the appraisal practice. If you have any questions regarding your appraisal after you've read the report, we encourage you to email or call us!