Appraisal services for Ontario and San Bernardino County homeowners

Check out the top reasons CA homeowners hire The Appraisal Shoppe:

  1. To get a pre-listing appraisal (whether they're selling the home on their own or using a real estate agent)
  2. To challenge a CA property tax assessment
  3. To reduce a mortgage payment by removing PMI
  4. To reinstate your Home Equity Line of Credit (HELOC)
  5. Verify another appraiser's report
  6. In the case of a CA divorce, when real estate property needs to be divided
  7. Determine the true market value of real estate in question to settle an estate in San Bernardino county or CA

Need help determining the value of your house in or near Ontario, CA?
Contact The Appraisal Shoppe.

We at The Appraisal Shoppe understand the individual needs of a consumer in need of appraisal services. While our usual 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/Pre-Listing Services

Since you have an emotional attachment to your home, it's often very hard to be objective about it. A professional appraiser is objective and will tell you what you need to know, not just what you want to hear. A professional appraisal is very crucial as a negotiating tool once you have an attainable buyer, in addition to helping you set a realistic selling price so your house will attract interested buyers. It gives you something concrete to show the buyer. An appraisal is an independent third party's opinion of your home's price -- not just you saying how much your home is worth. Potential buyers assume you have an emotional attachment to your house and will be more likely to give credibility to a qualified appraiser's value estimation than yours.

Need to cancel PMI?

PMI stands for Private Mortgage Insurance. A popular way to cut costs for homeowners is to get the PMI eliminated from their mortgage loan, thus saving them money on their monthly payments. Once your mortgage loan amount is below 80% of the value of your home, in most cases you can apply to a lender to have the PMI canceled from your loan, which will make your monthly payments go down. The Appraisal Shoppe is veterans in helping clients just like you rid yourselves of unneeded PMI insurance.

Challenge San Bernardino county's assessment of your property

Lets say you live in an area that's declining -- your local tax assessor may have your home overvalued. That means you're most likely 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 report from The Appraisal Shoppe is your strongest weapon when challenging your property tax assessment.

HELOC recently frozen?

If your house is in or near a declining area, your lender might just choose to automatically freeze your home equity line of credit (HELOC) - even if your specific property has not declined in value. This can be be bad for your credit score since it may appear as though that credit line is maxed out, and also disadvantageous from a cash flow angle. The Appraisal Shoppe can help you reinstate your HELOC.

Field and Desktop Appraisal Review Services

Do you need a seasoned appraiser to double-check your appraisal for efficiency, or do you want a second opinion without the charge and delay of waiting for a whole new appraisal? An appraiser from The Appraisal Shoppe can go out and check the subject and comps in question in a field review. If you need it ASAP, 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? The Appraisal Shoppe can help with that too. Even though this is typically requested by banks, you may wish to employ this service if you suspect mortgage fraud related to your home.