Attention homeowners in Santa Clarita and Los Angeles County: Need an appraisal?

The top seven reasons CA homeowners use Candice E. Tyson:

Pre-listing appraisals (whether you're using a real estate agent or selling the home on your own)
Challenge property tax assessments
To lower a mortgage payments by removing PMI
Reinstate your Home Equity Line of Credit (or HELOC)
Verify a different appraiser's report
In the case of a CA divorce, where real estate property needs to be divided
To determine the true market value of real estate in question to settle an estate in Los Angeles County or the state of CA

Do you own a home in or near Santa Clarita? Do you need help determining the value of your real estate?
Contact Candice E. Tyson.

At Candice E. Tyson, we understand the particular needs of a consumer after appraisal services. Our regular business clients understand the appraisal process and the customary documents we provide. As our non-traditionalclient, you can expect extra guidance and explanations through the appraisal process to understand what we do and how we document our conclusions.

Pre-listing Services/For Sale By Owner

Since you have an emotional attachment to your house, it's often very hard to be objective about it. Professional appraisers, like the ones at Candice E. Tyson, will be objective. We will tell you what you need to know, not just what you want to hear. A professional appraisal is a very important negotiating tool once you have a potential buyer, in addition to helping you set a realistic price to sell at so your home will attract interested buyers. The appraisal is something concrete to show your buyer. An appraisal is an independent third party's opinion of your home's value -- not just how much your home is worth. Interested buyers know that you have an emotional attachment to your home and will be more likely to give credibility to an accomplished appraiser's value report than yours.

Need to remove PMI?

PMI stands for Private Mortgage Insurance. A fashionable money saver for homeowners is to get the PMI canceled 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 property. In most cases you can apply to your lender to have the PMI eliminated from your loan. At Candice E. Tyson, we're experts in helping clients just like you dismiss unnecessary PMI insurance.

Challenge a property tax assessment

Lets say your house is not appreciating as much as other properties close to yours -- your local tax assessor may have your house overvalued. This means you are probably paying higher taxes than you should be paying. The quicker you take care of things like this, the better, since your property assessment may likely go up again in the next period. Getting an appraisal report from Candice E. Tyson is your chief weapon when challenging your property tax assessment.

Was your HELOC recently frozen?

Your lender just might choose to automatically freeze your home equity line of credit (HELOC) if your home is in or near a declining area -- even if your specific property has not declined in value. Not only can this be difficult and inconvenient from a cash flow angle, but it can be negative on your credit score since it may appear as though that credit line is maxed out. Candice E. Tyson can help you reinstate your home equity line of credit with efficient appraisal.

Field and Desktop Appraisal Review Services

Do you need an expert to double-check your appraisal for verity, or do you desire a second opinion without the expense and delay of waiting for a whole new appraisal? In a field review we'll go out and check the subject and comps. Or, if you're in a rush, we can 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? We can help you with that While usually requested by banks, you may desire to take advantage of this service if you suspect mortgage fraud related to your home.