Appraisal services for Canon City and Fremont County homeowners

The top seven reasons CO homeowners order from High Country Appraisal Services:

To get a pre-listing appraisal (whether they're selling the home themselves or using a real estate agent)
Challenge a property tax assessment
To cut your mortgage payments by removing PMI
To reinstate your Home Equity Line of Credit (or HELOC)
Verify a different appraiser's report
If property needs to be divided because of a divorce
To settle an estate in Fremont county or CO by determining the true market value of real estate in question

Own a house in or near Canon City, CO and need help deciding the price of it?
Contact High Country Appraisal Services.

At High Country Appraisal Services, we understand the particular needs of a customer in need of appraisal services. While our typical clients understand the appraisal process and standard reporting formats, you as a consumer will get an extra level of customer 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. The professional appraisers at High Country Appraisal Services 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 house will attract buyers, a professional appraisal is a very valuable negotiating tool once you have an interested buyer. It's something tangible to show the buyer. It's an independent third party's opinion of your house's price, and not just how much your home is worth. Interested buyers know that you have an emotional attachment to your house and will be far more likely to give credibility to a qualified appraiser's value opinion than yours.

Need to remove PMI?

PMI stands for Private Mortgage Insurance. A popular way to save money for homeowners is to get the PMI removed from their mortgage loan, thus saving them money on their monthly payments. Your monthly payments will go down once your mortgage loan is below 80% of the value of your property. In most cases you can apply to a lender to have the PMI canceled from your loan. High Country Appraisal Services is veterans in helping folks just like you delete unnecessary PMI insurance.

Challenge a property tax assessment

Lets say you live in a local area that is going down -- your local tax assessor may have your house overvalued. This means you're paying higher taxes than you should be paying. The sooner you take care of a matter like this, the better off you'll be, since your property assessment may likely go up again in the next period. When contesting your property tax assessment, getting a professional appraisal from High Country Appraisal Services is your number one weapon.

Recently got a freeze 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 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. High Country Appraisal Services can help you reinstate your HELOC.

Field and Desktop Appraisal Review Services

Have you just received a copy of your appraisal and you'd like to have a professional double-check it for preciseness or do you desire a second opinion without the charge and delay of waiting for a whole new appraisal? We can go out and check the subject and comparables in a field review. Or, if you're in a rush, we can 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 a retrospective review of any appraisal report you may have in your possession. While typically requested by banks, you may need to exercise this service if you suspect mortgage fraud related to your home.