Appraisal services for Overland Park and Johnson County homeowners

Check out the top reasons Kansas homeowners hire Mark Cox Appraisals:

1. Get a pre-listing appraisal (whether they're selling the home on their own or using an agent)
2. Challenge property tax assessments
3. Remove PMI to lower a monthly mortgage payment
4. To reinstate their Home Equity Line of Credit (HELOC)
5. Verify another appraiser's report
6. If real estate property needs to be divided because of a divorce
7. To settle an estate in Johnson county or Kansas by determining the true market value of the real estate in question

	Own a house in or near Overland Park, Kansas and need help deciding the value of it? Contact Mark Cox Appraisals.

We at Mark Cox Appraisals understand the unique needs of a customer looking for appraisal services. While our typical business 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

It's very hard to be objective about your home because you probably have an emotional attachment to it. Professional appraisers, like the ones at Mark Cox Appraisals, will be objective. We'll tell you what you need to know, not just what you want to hear. A professional appraisal is a crucial negotiating tool once you have an attainable buyer, in addition to helping you set a realistic price to sell at so your home 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 value -- not just you saying how much you think your house is worth. Potential buyers know that 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.

Challenging Johnson County's assessment of your property

If you live in a region that is declining or is not appreciating as much as other houses nearby, your local tax assessor may have your house overvalued. This means you are going to pay higher taxes than you should be paying. The sooner you take care of things like this, the better off you'll be, since your property assessment may likely go up again in the next period. Getting an appraisal report from Mark Cox Appraisals is your chief weapon when challenging your property tax assessment.

Appraisals to remove PMI

Getting the PMI (Private Mortgage Insurance) eliminated from your mortgage loan is a preferred way to cut costs for homeowners. Your monthly payments will go down once your mortgage loan is less than 80% of the value of your house. In most cases you can apply to your lender to have the PMI eliminated from your loan. At Mark Cox Appraisals, we're seasoned in helping people just like you rid yourselves of unwanted and unneeded PMI insurance.

HELOC recently frozen?

Your lender just may make the decision to automatically freeze your home equity line of credit (HELOC) if your home is in a declining area -- even if your specific property has not declined in value. Not only can this be inconvenient from a cash flow viewpoint, but it can be detrimental to your credit score since it may appear as though that credit line is maxed out. Mark Cox Appraisals can help you reinstate your home equity line of credit with a professional appraisal.

Do You Need Field and Desktop Appraisal Review Services?

Have you just gotten a copy of your appraisal and you would wish to have a seasoned appraiser double-check it for preciseness or do you desire a second opinion without the added cost and delay of waiting for a whole new appraisal? Mark Cox Appraisals offers field reviews where we go out and check the subject and comparables in question. If you're in a rush, 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 report? We can help with that too. Even though most appraisal reviews are commissioned by lenders for quality control, homeowners that have reason to believe they've been the victim of mortgage fraud are wise to get a second opinion.