Appraisal services for Lakewood and Los Angeles County homeowners

See the top seven reasons why CA homeowners use Westside Appraisal Group:

Get a pre-listing appraisal (whether they're selling the home themselves or using a real estate agent)
Challenge a property tax assessment
To reduce a mortgage payments by removing PMI
To reinstate your Home Equity Line of Credit (HELOC)
Verify a different appraiser's report
In the case of a CA divorce, when real estate needs to be divided
Settle an estate in CA by determining the true market value of property in question

Need help determining the value of your home in or near Lakewood, CA?
Contact Westside Appraisal Group.

At Westside Appraisal Group, we understand the individual needs of a consumer in need of appraisal services. Our business practices and reporting formats are familiar to our business clients like banks, lawyers, and CPAs. But as a consumer,you can expect extra guidance and explanations through the appraisal process to understand what we do and how we report our conclusions.

For Sale By Owner/Pre-Listing Services

It's very hard to be objective about your own home because you probably have an emotional attachment to it. Professional appraisers, like the ones at Westside Appraisal Group, will be objective. We will tell you what you need to know, not just what you want to hear. A professional appraisal is very important as a negotiating tool once you have a likely buyer, in addition to helping you set a realistic selling price so your house will attract buyers. It gives you something concrete to show your buyer. The appraisal is an independent third party's opinion of your house's price, not just how much you think your home is worth. Potential buyers assume you have an emotional attachment to your home and will be more likely to give credibility to an accomplished appraiser's value assessment than yours.

Appraisals to cancel PMI

PMI stands for Private Mortgage Insurance. A fashionable way to cut expenses for homeowners is getting the PMI canceled from their mortgage loan, thus saving them money on their monthly payments. Once your mortgage loan is below 80% of the value of your house, in most cases you can apply to the lender to have the PMI canceled from your loan, which will make your monthly payments go down. We are experienced in helping consumers just like you remove unneeded and unwanted PMI insurance.

Challenge property tax assessments

Your local tax assessor may have your house overvalued if you live in a local area that's declining or is not appreciating as much as other homes close by. That means you're paying more taxes than you should. Since your property assessment may likely go up again in the next period, the quicker you take care of things like this, the better off you'll be. An appraisal from Westside Appraisal Group is your number one weapon when challenging your property tax assessment.

HELOC recently frozen?

Your lender may just choose to automatically freeze your home equity line of credit (HELOC) if your home is near a declining area -- even if your specific property has not declined in value. This can be be destructive to your credit score since it may appear as though that credit line is maxed out, and also inconvenient from a cash flow standpoint. Westside Appraisal Group can help you reinstate your home equity line of credit with efficient appraisal.

Field and Desktop Appraisal Review Services

Do you need a veteran appraiser to double-check your appraisal for precision, or do you need a second opinion without the charge and delay of waiting for a whole new appraisal? We can go out and check the subject and comps in question in a field review. If you're 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.

Need a retrospective review of an appraisal report? We can help with that too. Even though this is typically requested by banks, you may want to exercise this service if you suspect mortgage fraud related to your property.