Attention homeowners in Austin and Travis County: Need an appraisal?

The top 7 reasons why Texas homeowners hire Klier Valuations:

Find the right listing price (whether they're selling the home themselves or using a real estate agent)
Challenge Travis County's assessment of your property value
Remove PMI to lower their mortgage payments
Reinstate their Home Equity Line of Credit (or HELOC)
Verify a different appraiser's report
If real estate property needs to be divided because of a divorce
To settle an estate in Texas by determining the true market value of the real estate in question


	Own a house in or near Austin, Texas and need help determining the value of it? Contact Klier Valuations.

At Klier Valuations, we understand the unique needs of a customer in need of appraisal services. While our usual 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.

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

Since you have an emotional attachment to your house, it's often very hard to be objective about it. The professional appraisers at Klier Valuations 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 a very valuable negotiating tool once you have a potential buyer. The appraisal is something concrete to show the buyer. It's an independent third party's opinion of your house's value, and not just how much you think your home is worth. Potential buyers know you have an emotional attachment to your house and will be more likely to give credibility to a seasoned appraiser's value estimation than yours.

Challenge a property tax assessment

Your local tax assessor may have your home overvalued if you live in a local area that's declining or is not appreciating as much as other houses nearby. That 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. When contesting your property tax assessment, getting an appraisal report from Klier Valuations is your perfect weapon.

Need to cancel PMI?

A fashionable 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". Your monthly payments will go down once your mortgage loan is below 80% of the value of your home. In most cases you can apply to your lender to have the PMI removed from your loan. At Klier Valuations, we're veterans in helping consumers just like you dismiss unneeded and unwanted PMI insurance.

Was your HELOC recently frozen?

If your house is close to a declining area, your lender just may choose to automatically freeze your home equity line of credit (HELOC) - even if your specific property has not declined in value. This can be inopportune from a cash flow point of view, and bad for your credit score since it may appear as though that credit line is maxed out. Klier Valuations can help you reinstate your home equity line of credit with an expert appraisal.

Need Field and Desktop Appraisal Review Services?

Would you like a second opinion without the added expense and delay of waiting for a whole new appraisal? Or do you want an expert to double-check your appraisal for precision? An appraiser from Klier Valuations can go out and check the subject and comparables in question in a field review. If you need it in a rush, 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? We can help with that too. While typically requested by banks, you may desire to employ this service if you suspect mortgage fraud related to your property.