Attention homeowners: Real estate appraisal services for in Raleigh and Wake County

Here are the top 7 reasons why NC homeowners hire Titus Real Estate Services:

  1. To get a pre-listing appraisal (whether you're using an agent or selling the home on your own)
  2. To challenge a NC property tax assessment
  3. To reduce a mortgage payment by removing PMI
  4. Reinstate your Home Equity Line of Credit (or HELOC)
  5. To review another appraiser's report for verification
  6. In the case of a NC divorce, when real estate property needs to be divided
  7. To determine the true market value of real estate in question to settle an estate

Do you own a house in or near Raleigh? Do you need help deciding the price of your real estate?
Contact Titus Real Estate Services.

At Titus Real Estate Services, we understand the unique needs of a homeowner seeking appraisal services. Our regular business clients understand the appraisal process and the customary documents we provide. As our client, you'll receive extra guidance and explanations through the appraisal process to better understand what we do and how we document our conclusions.

For Sale By Owner (FSBO)/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 Titus Real Estate 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 property will attract many interested buyers, a professional appraisal is a very valuable negotiating tool once you have an interested buyer. The appraisal is something concrete to show your buyer. It's an independent third party's opinion of your home's value, and not just you saying how much your house is worth. Interested buyers know you have an emotional attachment to your home and will be much more likely to give credibility to an experienced appraiser's value estimation than yours.

Need to remove PMI?

PMI stands for Private Mortgage Insurance. A fashionable money saver for homeowners is getting the PMI canceled from their mortgage loan, thus saving them money on their monthly payments. Your monthly payments will go down once your mortgage loan amount is down below 80% of the value of your house. In most cases you can apply to your lender to have the PMI removed from your loan. We are veterans in helping consumers just like you do away with unneeded and unwanted PMI insurance.

Challenge a property tax assessment

Your local tax assessor may have your home overvalued if you live in a region that's going down or is not appreciating as much as other houses nearby. This means you are probably paying higher taxes than you should be paying. Since your property assessment may likely go up again in the next period, the earlier you take care of things like this, the better off you'll be. Getting an appraisal report from Titus Real Estate Services is your chief weapon when contesting your property tax assessment.

HELOC recently frozen?

Even if your specific property has not declined in value, your lender may make the decision to automatically freeze your home equity line of credit (HELOC) if your property is close to a declining area. This can be be negative on your credit score since it may appear as though that credit line is maxed out, and also troublesome from a cash flow angle. Titus Real Estate Services can help you reinstate your HELOC.

We Offer Field and Desktop Appraisal Review Services

Do you need an expert to double-check your appraisal for precision, or do you desire a second opinion without the cost and delay of waiting for a whole new appraisal? Titus Real Estate Services offers field reviews where we go out and check the subject and comparables in question. If you're in a hurry, 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 you with a a retrospective review of any appraisal you may have in your possession. While usually requested by banks, you may need to exploit this service if you suspect mortgage fraud related to your property.