Real estate appraisal services for homeowners in the city of Seattle and King County

The top seven reasons WA homeowners need Crest Appraisal Services:

Find the right listing price (whether you're using an agent or selling the home on your own)
Challenge King county's assessment of your property
To reduce their mortgage payments by removing PMI
To reinstate their Home Equity Line of Credit (or HELOC)
Review another appraiser's report for verification
If real estate needs to be divided because of a divorce
To determine the true market value of real estate in question to settle an estate in King County or the state of WA

Do you own a house in or near Seattle? Do you need help determining the price of your real estate?
Contact Crest Appraisal Services.

At Crest Appraisal Services, we understand the particular needs of a customer after appraisal services. While our typical business clients understand the appraisal process and standard reporting formats, you as a consumer will get extra 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 (FSBO)

Since you have an emotional attachment to your house, it's often very hard to be objective about it. Our professional appraisers at Crest Appraisal Services are objective. We won't just tell you what you want to hear, we will tell you what you need to know. In addition to helping you set a realistic price to sell at so your home will attract buyers, a professional appraisal is very crucial 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 price -- not just how much you think your house is worth. Potential buyers know you have an emotional attachment to your house and will be much more likely to give credibility to a qualified appraiser's value conclusion than yours.

Appraisals to remove PMI

A popular money saver for homeowners is getting the PMI removed from their mortgage loan, thus saving them money on their monthly payments. PMI stands for "Private Mortgage Insurance". Once your mortgage loan amount is below 80% of the value of your property, 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 experienced in helping people just like you do away with undesirable PMI insurance.

Challenging a property tax assessment

Lets say your house is not appreciating as much as other houses close to yours -- your local tax assessor may have your house overvalued. This only means you're paying higher taxes than you should be paying. 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 Crest Appraisal Services is your number one weapon when contesting your property tax assessment.

Recently got a freeze your HELOC?

Your lender just may decide to automatically freeze your home equity line of credit (HELOC) if your home is close to a declining area -- even if your specific property has not declined in value. This can be be bad for your credit score since it may appear as though that credit line is maxed out, and also difficult and inconvenient from a cash flow point of view. Crest Appraisal Services can help you reinstate your HELOC.

Field and Desktop Appraisal Review Services

Do you need a seasoned professional to double-check your appraisal for preciseness, or do you need a second opinion without the added cost and delay of waiting for a whole new appraisal? An appraiser from Crest Appraisal Services can go out and check the subject and comps in a field review. Or, if you need it in a rush, we can provide desk review and verify as many facts as we can using online data sources as well as our own files.

Need a retrospective review of an appraisal report? We can help you with that While typically requested by banks, you may need to use this service if you suspect mortgage fraud related to your house.