Attention homeowners in Matthews and Union County: Get an Appraisal today!

The top seven reasons NC homeowners need Firedancer Appraisals:

  1. Pre-listing appraisals (whether they're selling the home themselves or using a real estate agent)
  2. Challenge a property tax assessment
  3. To cut their mortgage payment by removing PMI
  4. To reinstate their Home Equity Line of Credit (HELOC)
  5. Verify a different appraiser's report
  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

Do you own a home in or near Matthews? Do you need help deciding the value of your real estate?
Contact Firedancer Appraisals.

At Firedancer Appraisals, we understand the unique needs of a customer after appraisal services. While our usual clients understand the appraisal process and standard reporting formats, you as a consumer will get extra customer service in the form of an explanation of the process and even special consumer-friendly reporting forms if the assignment allows for them.

Pre-listing Services/For Sale By Owner

It's very hard to be objective about your own home because of your emotional attachment to it. Our professional appraisers at Firedancer Appraisals are objective. We won't just tell you what you want to hear, we'll tell you what you need to know. A professional appraisal is a crucial negotiating tool once you have a potential buyer, in addition to helping you set a realistic price to sell at so your house will attract buyers. It gives you something concrete to show the buyer. An appraisal is an independent third party's opinion of your house's value -- not just how much you think your house is worth. Potential buyers know that you have an emotional attachment to your home and will be far more likely to give credibility to a qualified appraiser's value estimation than yours.

Need to cancel PMI?

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

Challenging property tax assessments

Lets say you live in an area that is declining -- your local tax assessor may have your home overvalued. That only means you are paying more taxes than you should. Since your property assessment may likely go up again in the next period, the earlier you take care of things like this, the better. A professional appraisal from Firedancer Appraisals is your chief weapon when contesting your property tax assessment.

Recently got a freeze your HELOC?

Your lender just might make the decision to automatically freeze your home equity line of credit (HELOC) if your house is in or near a declining area -- even if your specific property has not declined in value. This can this be disadvantageous from a cash flow angle, and detrimental to your credit score since it may appear as though that credit line is maxed out. Firedancer Appraisals can provide you with a professional appraisal to help you reinstate your home equity line of credit.

We Provide Field and Desktop Appraisal Review Services

Have you just gotten a copy of your appraisal and you would wish to have an expert double-check it for verity or do you need a second opinion without the added expense and delay of waiting for a whole new appraisal? An appraiser from Firedancer Appraisals can go out and check the subject and comps in question in a field review. 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.

Do you need a retrospective review of an appraisal report? Firedancer Appraisals can help you with that. While usually requested by banks, you may want to make use of this service if you suspect mortgage fraud related to your property.