Need an appraisal in Durham or Durham County?

The top seven reasons NC homeowners order from Barker Appraisal Group:

Find the right listing price (whether they're selling the home themselves or using an agent)
To challenge a NC property tax assessment
To cut your mortgage payments by removing PMI
Reinstate their Home Equity Line of Credit (HELOC)
To review another appraiser's report for verification
If real estate property needs to be divided because of a divorce
Settle an estate in NC by determining the true market value of real estate in question

Need help deciding the price of your house in or near Durham, NC?
Contact Barker Appraisal Group.

At Barker Appraisal Group, we understand the unique needs of a consumer after appraisal services. Our business practices and reporting formats are relatively routine to our business clients like lenders, lawyers, and accountants. Being a regular consumer that most likely doesn't look at appraisals on a regular basis,we'll be sure you get extra guidance and explanations through the appraisal process to better understand what we do and how we present the results of our analysis.

For Sale By Owner/Pre-Listing Services

It's very hard to be objective about your own house because of your emotional attachment to it. Professional appraisers, like the ones at Barker Appraisal Group, will be objective. We'll 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 an interested buyer, in addition to helping you set a realistic selling price so your property will attract buyers. The appraisal is something tangible to show your buyer. The appraisal is an independent third party's opinion of your house's price, not just you saying how much you think your home is worth. Potential buyers assume you have an emotional attachment to your home and will be far more likely to give credibility to a professional appraiser's value assessment than yours.

Appraisals to cancel PMI

PMI stands for Private Mortgage Insurance. A preferred way to save money for homeowners is getting the PMI eliminated from their mortgage loan, thus saving them money on their monthly payments. Once your mortgage loan is down below 80% of the value of your house, in most cases you can apply to the lender to have the PMI eliminated from your loan, which will make your monthly payments go down. At Barker Appraisal Group, we're experts in helping clients just like you delete unwanted and unneeded PMI insurance.

Challenging a property tax assessment

Your local tax assessor may have your house overvalued if you live in a region that's going down. That means you're probably paying more taxes than you should. Since your property assessment may likely go up again in the next period, the sooner you take care of things like this, the better. An appraisal from Barker Appraisal Group is your number one weapon when challenging your property tax assessment.

Was your HELOC recently frozen?

Even if your specific property has not declined in value, your lender just may make the decision to automatically freeze your home equity line of credit (HELOC) if your property is in a declining area. This can this be inconvenient from a cash flow point of view, and negative on your credit score since it may appear as though that credit line is maxed out. Barker Appraisal Group can help you reinstate your HELOC.

Field and Desktop Appraisal Review Services

Have you just gotten a copy of your appraisal and you'd prefer to have a seasoned appraiser double-check it for accuracy or do you desire a second opinion without the added expense and delay of waiting for a whole new appraisal? In a field review we'll go out and check the subject and comparables in question. If you need it ASAP, we'll provide you with a 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? Barker Appraisal Group can We can assist you. Even though this is usually requested by banks, you may desire to use this service if you suspect mortgage fraud related to your property.