Attention homeowners in Hollidaysburg and Blair County: Need an appraisal?

The top seven reasons why PA homeowners use Avalon Appraisal Services:

To get a pre-listing appraisal (whether they're selling the home themselves or using an agent)
To challenge a PA property tax assessment
To reduce their mortgage payment by removing PMI
Reinstate your Home Equity Line of Credit (HELOC)
Verify a different appraiser's report
If property needs to be divided because of a divorce
Settle an estate in PA by determining the true market value of real estate in question

Need help deciding the value of your home in or near Hollidaysburg, PA?
Contact Avalon Appraisal Services.

At Avalon Appraisal Services, we understand the individual needs of a customer seeking appraisal services. Our typical business clients get the appraisal process and the standard "products" we deliver to them. As our valued client, you will receive extra guidance and explanations through the appraisal process to more clearly understand what we do and how we present the results of our analysis.

For Sale By Owner/Pre-Listing Services

It's very hard to be objective about your own house because of your emotional attachment to it. Our professional appraisers at Avalon Appraisal Services are objective. We won't just tell you what you want to hear, we'll tell you what you need to know. In addition to helping you set a realistic selling price so your home will attract buyers, a professional appraisal is very crucial as a negotiating tool once you have an interested buyer. It gives you something tangible to show the buyer. The appraisal is an independent third party's opinion of your property's price, not just how much you think your house is worth. Potential buyers know that you have an emotional attachment to your house and will be far more likely to give credibility to an experienced appraiser's value report than yours.

PMI Removal Appraisals

PMI stands for Private Mortgage Insurance. A fashionable way to cut expenses for homeowners is getting the PMI canceled from their mortgage loan, thus saving them money on their monthly payments. Once your mortgage loan amount is less than 80% of the value of your home, in most cases you can apply to the lender to have the PMI eliminated from your loan, which will make your monthly payments go down. We're seasoned in helping clients just like you delete unwanted PMI insurance.

Challenging property tax assessments

Lets say your house is not appreciating as much as other houses close by -- your local tax assessor may have your house overvalued. This only means you're going to pay higher taxes than you should be paying. The earlier you take care of things like this, the better off you'll be, since your property assessment may likely go up again in the next period. Getting an appraisal from Avalon Appraisal Services is your best weapon when challenging your property tax assessment.

HELOC recently frozen?

If your property is near a declining area, your lender just may choose to automatically freeze your home equity line of credit (HELOC) - even if your specific property has not declined in value. This can be be negative on your credit score since it may appear as though that credit line is maxed out, and also annoying from a cash flow point of view. Avalon Appraisal Services can help you reinstate your home equity line of credit with a professional appraisal.

We Provide Field and Desktop Appraisal Review Services

Would you like a second opinion without the cost and delay of waiting for a whole new appraisal? Or do you desire a seasoned expert to double-check your appraisal for precision? In a field review we'll go out and check the subject and comps in question. Or, if you need it immediately, we can provide desk review and verify as many facts as we can using online data sources as well as our own files.

Need a retrospective review of an appraisal report? We can help with that too. While typically requested by banks, you may want to utilize this service if you suspect mortgage fraud related to your home.