Attention homeowners in Fort Lauderdale and Broward County: Need an appraisal?

The top reasons FL homeowners hire Robert Eldredge:

  1. Get a pre-listing appraisal (whether they're selling the home on their own or using an agent)
  2. To challenge a FL property tax assessment
  3. To reduce their mortgage payment by removing PMI
  4. Reinstate their Home Equity Line of Credit (or HELOC)
  5. Review another appraiser's report for verification
  6. In the case of a FL divorce, where real estate needs to be divided
  7. Settle an estate in FL by determining the true market value of property in question

Own a house in or near Fort Lauderdale, FL and need help deciding the price of it?
Contact Robert Eldredge.

We at Robert Eldredge understand the individual needs of a homeowner looking for appraisal services. The appraisal process and reporting formats are familiar to our business clients like lenders, attorneys, and CPAs. Being a regular consumer that probably doesn't look at appraisals every day,we will provide you with extra guidance and explanations through the appraisal process to better understand what we do and how we report our conclusions.

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

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

Need to remove PMI?

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

Challenging a property tax assessment

Lets say you live in a region that is going down -- your local tax assessor may have your house overvalued. That only means you're probably paying more taxes than you should. Since your property assessment may likely go up again in the next period, the faster you take care of things like this, the better off you'll be. Getting an expert appraisal from Robert Eldredge is your number one weapon when contesting your property tax assessment.

HELOC recently frozen?

Even if your specific property has not declined in value, your lender might choose to automatically freeze your home equity line of credit (HELOC) if your house is in or near a declining area. Not only can this be disadvantageous from a cash flow point of view, but it can be damaging to your credit score since it may appear as though that credit line is maxed out. Robert Eldredge can help you reinstate your HELOC.

Need Field and Desktop Appraisal Review Services?

Do you need a professional to double-check your appraisal for preciseness, or do you desire a second opinion without the charge and delay of waiting for a whole new appraisal? In a field review we'll go out and check the subject and comps. Or, if you need it ASAP, we can 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? Robert Eldredge 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.