Attention homeowners: Real estate appraisal services for in Marshfield and Wood County

The top 7 reasons why WI homeowners use Martin Appraisal Service:

  1. To get a pre-listing appraisal (whether you're using a real estate agent or selling the home on your own)
  2. Challenge Wood county's assessment of your property
  3. To lower your monthly mortgage payment by removing PMI
  4. Reinstate your Home Equity Line of Credit (HELOC)
  5. Review a different appraiser's report for verification
  6. In the case of a WI divorce, when property needs to be divided
  7. Determine the true market value of property in question to settle an estate in Wood county or WI

Need help deciding the price of your house in or near Marshfield, WI?
Contact Martin Appraisal Service.

At Martin Appraisal Service, we understand the individual needs of a customer after appraisal services. Our business practices and reporting formats are relatively routine to our business clients like banks, attorneys, and accountants. Being a regular homeowner that most likely doesn't see an appraisal every day,you can expect extra guidance and explanations through the appraisal process to more fully understand what we do and how we present our conclusions.

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

It's very hard to be objective about your house because of your emotional attachment to it. Our professional appraisers at Martin Appraisal Service are objective. We won't just tell you what you want to hear, we'll tell you what you need to know. A professional appraisal is a crucial negotiating tool once you have an attainable buyer, in addition to helping you set a realistic selling price so your home will attract interested buyers. It gives you something concrete to show the 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. Interested buyers assume that you have an emotional attachment to your home and will be far more likely to give credibility to an expert appraiser's value estimation than yours.

Need to cancel PMI?

A fashionable way to save money for homeowners is to get the PMI canceled from their mortgage loan, thus saving them money on their monthly payments. PMI stands for "Private Mortgage Insurance". Your monthly payments will go down once your mortgage loan is below 80% of the value of your home. In most cases you can apply to the lender to have the PMI removed from your loan. At Martin Appraisal Service, we're experts in helping homeowners just like you delete unneeded PMI insurance.

Challenging Wood county's assessment of your property

Lets say you live in a region that's going down -- your local tax assessor may have your house overvalued. That means you're 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 off you'll be. An appraisal from Martin Appraisal Service is your #1 weapon when contesting your property tax assessment.

HELOC recently frozen?

If your house is near a declining area, your lender just might make the decision to automatically freeze your home equity line of credit (HELOC) - even if your specific property has not declined in value. Not only can this be annoying from a cash flow standpoint, but it can be bad for your credit score since it may appear as though that credit line is maxed out. An appraisal from Martin Appraisal Service can help you reinstate your HELOC.

We Also Offer Field and Desktop Appraisal Review Services

Have you just been handed a copy of your appraisal and you would wish to have an expert double-check it for accuracy or do you desire a second opinion without the charge and delay of waiting for a whole new appraisal? An appraiser from Martin Appraisal Service can go out and check the subject and comparables 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 wish to utilize this service if you suspect mortgage fraud related to your house.