Attention homeowners in Martinsville and Morgan County: Get an Appraisal today!

Check out the top 7 reasons why IN homeowners hire Gateway Real Estate Services:

  1. Find the right listing price (whether they're selling the home themselves or using an agent)
  2. Challenge property tax assessments
  3. Remove PMI to lower their monthly mortgage payment
  4. To reinstate their Home Equity Line of Credit (HELOC)
  5. To review another appraiser's report for verification
  6. In the case of a IN divorce, where real estate needs to be divided
  7. To determine the true market value of property in question to settle an estate in Morgan County or the state of IN

Do you own a home in or near Martinsville? Do you need help deciding the price of your real estate?
Contact Gateway Real Estate Services.

At Gateway Real Estate Services, we understand the special needs of a customer in need of appraisal services. Our regular business clients get the appraisal process and the customary documents we provide. But as a general consumer,we'll be sure you get extra guidance and explanations through the appraisal process to understand what we do and how we report the results of our analysis.

For Sale By Owner/Pre-Listing Services

It's very hard to be objective about your house because you probably have an emotional attachment to it. The professional appraisers at Gateway Real Estate Services will tell you what you need to know -- not just what you want to hear. We are objective. A professional appraisal is very important as a negotiating tool once you have an interested buyer, in addition to helping you set a realistic price to sell at so your house will attract interested buyers. It's something concrete to show the buyer. An appraisal is an independent third party's opinion of your home's value -- not just you saying how much your home is worth. Interested buyers know that you have an emotional attachment to your house and will be far more likely to give credibility to a professional appraiser's value estimation than yours.

PMI Removal Appraisals

PMI stands for Private Mortgage Insurance. A popular money saver for homeowners is to get the PMI removed from their mortgage loan, thus saving them money on their monthly payments. Your monthly payments will go down once your mortgage loan is less than 80% of the value of your home. In most cases you can apply to a lender to have the PMI removed from your loan. Gateway Real Estate Services is seasoned in helping homeowners just like you abolish unwanted PMI insurance.

Challenging a property tax assessment

Lets say you live in a local area that's going down -- your local tax assessor may have your home overvalued. This means you're probably paying higher taxes than you should be paying. The faster you take care of a matter like this, the better, since your property assessment may likely go up again in the next period. Getting an appraisal report from Gateway Real Estate Services is your chief weapon when challenging your property tax assessment.

HELOC recently frozen?

Even if your specific property has not declined in value, your lender might just decide to automatically freeze your home equity line of credit (HELOC) if your house is near a declining area. This can this be disadvantageous from a cash flow angle, and negative on your credit score since it may appear as though that credit line is maxed out. An appraisal from Gateway Real Estate Services can help you reinstate your HELOC.

Field and Desktop Appraisal Review Services

Would you wish a second opinion without the added expense and delay of waiting for a whole new appraisal? Or do you need a veteran appraiser to double-check your appraisal for precision? Gateway Real Estate Services offers field reviews where we go out and check the subject and comparables in question. If you need it immediately, we'll provide 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 report? Gateway Real Estate Services can We can assist you. Even though this is typically requested by banks, you may need to use this service if you suspect mortgage fraud related to your property.