Real estate appraisal services for homeowners in the city of Norfolk and Norfolk City County

Here are the top seven reasons VA homeowners order from Meek Appraisal Services:

  1. To get a pre-listing appraisal (whether they're selling the home on their own or using a real estate agent)
  2. To challenge a VA property tax assessment
  3. Remove PMI to reduce a monthly mortgage payment
  4. To reinstate your Home Equity Line of Credit (or HELOC)
  5. To review another appraiser's report for verification
  6. If property needs to be divided because of a divorce
  7. Determine the true market value of real estate in question to settle an estate

Own a home in or near Norfolk, VA and need help determining the value of it?
Contact Meek Appraisal Services.

We at Meek Appraisal Services understand the special needs of a consumer seeking appraisal services. Our regular business clients are used to the appraisal process and the usual reporting formats. But as a consumer,you can expect extra guidance and explanations through the appraisal process to better understand what we do and how we present the results of our analysis.

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

Since you have an emotional attachment to your home, it's often very hard to be objective about it. The professional appraisers at Meek Appraisal Services will tell you what you need to know -- not just what you want to hear. We are objective. In addition to helping you set a realistic price to sell at so your property will attract interested buyers, a professional appraisal is very important as a negotiating tool once you have an interested buyer. It gives you something concrete to show the buyer. It's an independent third party's opinion of your property's price, and not just you saying how much your house is worth. Potential buyers know you have an emotional attachment to your home and will be more likely to give credibility to an expert appraiser's value assessment than yours.

Appraisals to remove PMI

A popular way to cut expenses for homeowners is to get the PMI eliminated from their mortgage loan, thus saving them money on their monthly payments. PMI stands for "Private Mortgage Insurance". Once your mortgage loan amount is down below 80% of the value of your property, in most cases you can apply to a lender to have the PMI removed from your loan, which will make your monthly payments go down. At Meek Appraisal Services, we're veterans in helping customers just like you remove unneeded and unwanted PMI insurance.

Challenging a property tax assessment

If you live in a local area that is declining or is not appreciating as much as other properties close to yours, your local tax assessor may have your home overvalued. That only means you're probably paying more taxes than you should. Since your property assessment may likely go up again in the next period, the quicker you take care of a matter like this, the better off you'll be. An appraisal from Meek Appraisal Services is your best weapon when challenging your property tax assessment.

HELOC recently frozen?

If your property is in or near a declining area, your lender might just decide to automatically freeze your home equity line of credit (HELOC) - even if your specific property has not declined in value. This can this be inopportune from a cash flow angle, and destructive to your credit score since it may appear as though that credit line is maxed out. Meek Appraisal Services can help you reinstate your home equity line of credit with efficient appraisal.

We Also 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 need a veteran appraiser to double-check your appraisal for accuracy? We can go out and check the subject and comparables in question in a field review. If you need it ASAP, 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.

Do you need a retrospective review of an appraisal? Meek Appraisal Services can help with that too. Even though this is typically requested by banks, you may need to exploit this service if you suspect mortgage fraud related to your house.