Attention homeowners: Real estate appraisal services for in Leominster and Worcester County

See the top 7 reasons MA homeowners call on Ascension Appraisal:

Get a pre-listing appraisal (whether they're selling the home themselves or using an agent)
Challenge a property tax assessment
To cut your mortgage payment by removing PMI
To reinstate your Home Equity Line of Credit (HELOC)
Review another appraiser's report for verification
In the case of a MA divorce, where real estate needs to be divided
To determine the true market value of real estate in question to settle an estate

Need help deciding the price of your home in or near Leominster, MA?
Contact Ascension Appraisal.

At Ascension Appraisal, we understand the unique needs of a customer looking for appraisal services. Our business practices and reporting formats are relatively routine to our business clients like banks, attorneys, and CPAs. But as a consumer,you will receive extra guidance and explanations through the appraisal process to more fully understand what we do and how we present our findings.

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

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

PMI Removal Appraisals

PMI stands for Private Mortgage Insurance. A popular money saver for homeowners is getting 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 amount is down 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. We're experienced in helping homeowners just like you delete undesirable PMI insurance.

Challenge Tax Assessment

Lets say you live in an area that is declining -- your local tax assessor may have your home overvalued. This only means you're probably paying higher taxes than you should be paying. The quicker you take care of a matter like this, the better, since your property assessment may likely go up again in the next period. Getting an appraisal report from Ascension Appraisal is your chief weapon when contesting your property tax assessment.

HELOC recently frozen?

Even if your specific property has not declined in value, your lender may just decide to automatically freeze your home equity line of credit (HELOC) if your property is close to a declining area. This can this be annoying from a cash flow standpoint, and destructive to your credit score since it may appear as though that credit line is maxed out. Ascension Appraisal can help you reinstate your HELOC.

Field and Desktop Appraisal Review Services

Have you just been given a copy of your appraisal and you'd prefer to have a veteran appraiser double-check it for verity or do you need a second opinion without the added cost and delay of waiting for a whole new appraisal? In a field review we'll go out and check the subject and comps in question. Or, if you're in a hurry, we can provide desk review and verify as many facts as we can using online data sources as well as our own files.

We can also provide you with a a retrospective review of any appraisal report you may have in your possession. Even though this is typically requested by banks, you may want to use this service if you suspect mortgage fraud related to your property.