Appraisal services for Fort Worth and Tarrant County homeowners

Here are the top seven reasons Texas homeowners hire Lone Star Valuation:

To get a pre-listing appraisal (whether they're selling the home on their own or using a real estate agent)
Challenge Tarrant County's assessment of your property
Remove PMI to reduce your monthly mortgage payment
Reinstate their Home Equity Line of Credit (or HELOC)
Verify a different appraiser's report
If property needs to be divided because of a divorce
To determine the true market value of real estate to settle an estate in Tarrant county or Texas


	Need help deciding the price of your house in or near Fort Worth, Texas? Contact Lone Star Valuation.

At Lone Star Valuation, we understand the unique needs of a customer looking for appraisal services. The appraisal process and reporting formats are relatively routine to our business clients like lenders, lawyers, and CPAs. But as a general consumer, you can expect extra guidance and explanations through the appraisal process to more clearly understand what we do and how we report our findings.

Pre-listing Services/For Sale by Owner

It's very hard to be objective about your home because you probably have an emotional attachment to it. The professional appraisers at Lone Star Valuation 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 selling price so your property will attract many interested buyers, a professional appraisal is very important as a negotiating tool once you have an interested buyer. The appraisal is something tangible to show your buyer. An appraisal is an independent third party's opinion of your house's value -- not just how much you think your home is worth. Interested buyers assume you have an emotional attachment to your home and will be more likely to give credibility to an experienced appraiser's value estimation than yours.

Challenging Tarrant County's assessment of your property

Your local tax assessor may have your house overvalued if your home not appreciating as much as other properties nearby. This only means you are most likely paying higher taxes than you should be paying. Since your property assessment may likely go up again in the next period, the faster you take care of a matter like this, the better. An appraisal report from Lone Star Valuation is your number one weapon when contesting your property tax assessment.

PMI Removal Appraisals

Getting the PMI (Private Mortgage Insurance) removed from your mortgage loan is a popular way to save money for homeowners. Once your mortgage loan amount is down below 80% of the value of your home, in most cases you can apply to the lender to have the PMI removed from your loan, which will make your monthly payments go down. We are seasoned in helping folks just like you dismiss unneeded and unwanted PMI insurance.

Recently got a freeze to your HELOC?

Even if your specific property has not declined in value, your lender might decide to automatically freeze your home equity line of credit (HELOC) if your home is close to a declining area. This can be unsuitable from a cash flow viewpoint, and damaging to your credit score since it may appear as though that credit line is maxed out. Lone Star Valuation can help you reinstate your HELOC.

We Offer Field and Desktop Appraisal Review Services

Have you just accepted a copy of your appraisal and you would prefer to have a seasoned professional double-check it for accuracy or do you need a second opinion without the added cost and delay of waiting for a whole new appraisal? Lone Star Valuation offers field reviews where we'll go out and check the subject and comps in question. If you need it immediately, 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 retrospective review of any appraisal you may have had done before. While usually requested by banks, you may wish to utilize this service if you suspect mortgage fraud related to your house.