Everything you receive
Written appraisal report
A USPAP-compliant report with my opinion of market value, the comparable sales behind it and my reasoning, delivered as a PDF.
Separate floor plan
A clean floor plan of the home, delivered as its own file so you can use it in the MLS listing, flyers and showings.
ANSI-measured living area
Gross living area measured to the ANSI Z765 standard, so the square footage you advertise is one you can stand behind.
Market analysis
A look at your local market over the past year or two: whether prices are rising, flat or falling, how many competing homes are for sale, how fast homes are selling, and how close sale prices come to list prices. It shows you and your agent where your home fits before you set the price.
Exposure and marketing time
Two estimates of how long it takes to sell, one looking back and one looking ahead. Both are based on how long comparable homes actually took to sell. See the explanation below.
Exposure time vs. marketing time
These two sound alike, and both are measured in days or months on the market. They answer different questions, and your report covers both.
Exposure time
How long your home would have needed to be on the market, before the date of the appraisal, to sell at the appraised value. Appraisal standards (USPAP) require it for every market value opinion, because a value assumes the home had a reasonable amount of time to reach buyers.
Why it matters to you: it shows the value isn't a quick-sale price or a wishful one. It's the price a home like yours brings after normal market exposure.
Marketing time
How long it's likely to take to sell your home at the appraised value from the day it's listed, given the market right now: how many homes are competing, how fast they're selling, and which way prices are heading.
Why it matters to you: it helps you plan moving dates, carrying costs and price adjustments. If you list above the appraised value, expect it to take longer.
In a steady market the two are often close. When the market is speeding up or slowing down, they can differ, and that difference tells you something about where your local market is heading.
See what you'll receive
From recent appraisals, with names removed and addresses borrowed from classic TV. Tap a plan to enlarge it.
- GLA (ANSI Z765)
- 1,190 sq ft
- Levels
- 1
- Living area
- 830 sq ft
- Balcony / deck
- 55 / 588 sq ft
- Gross building area
- 2,827 sq ft
- 1st floor GLA (ANSI)
- 942 sq ft
- 2nd floor GLA (ANSI)
- 942 sq ft