Attention homeowners: Real estate appraisal services for in Pilot Point and Denton County

The top seven reasons why TX homeowners call on D.W. Slater Company:

To get a pre-listing appraisal (whether you're using a real estate agent or selling the home on your own)
Challenge a property tax assessment
To cut your mortgage payments by removing PMI
To reinstate your Home Equity Line of Credit (or HELOC)
Verify a different appraiser's report
If real estate needs to be divided because of a divorce
Settle an estate in TX by determining the true market value of property in question

Do you own a home in or near Pilot Point? Do you need help determining the value of your real estate?
Contact D.W. Slater Company.

We at D.W. Slater Company understand the particular needs of a consumer in need of appraisal services. Our business practices and reporting formats are familiar to our business clients like lenders, lawyers, and accountants. As our client, 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 you most likely have an emotional attachment to it. A professional appraiser is objective and will 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 interested buyer, in addition to helping you set a realistic selling price so your home will attract interested buyers. The appraisal is something tangible to show your buyer. It's an independent third party's opinion of your property's price, and not just how much you think your home is worth. Potential buyers know that you have an emotional attachment to your home and will be much more likely to give credibility to an expert appraiser's value assessment than yours.

Appraisals to remove PMI

PMI stands for Private Mortgage Insurance. A preferred way to cut expenses for homeowners is getting the PMI canceled from their mortgage loan, thus saving them money on their monthly payments. Once your mortgage loan amount is down below 80% of the value of your home, 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. We are veterans in helping people just like you do away with 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 declining. That only means you are 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 a matter like this, the better. Getting a professional appraisal from D.W. Slater Company is your strongest weapon when contesting your property tax assessment.

Was your HELOC recently frozen?

Your lender may just make the decision to automatically freeze your home equity line of credit (HELOC) if your property is in or near a declining area -- even if your specific property has not declined in value. This can be be negative on your credit score since it may appear as though that credit line is maxed out, and also unsuitable from a cash flow standpoint. D.W. Slater Company can provide you with an expert appraisal to help you reinstate your HELOC.

We Also Offer Field and Desktop Appraisal Review Services

Would you like a second opinion without the expense and delay of waiting for a whole new appraisal? Or do you need a veteran appraiser to double-check your appraisal for verity? An appraiser from D.W. Slater Company can go out and check the subject and comparables in question in a field review. If you're in a hurry, 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.

Need a retrospective review of an appraisal? We can help with that too. While usually requested by banks, you may need to employ this service if you suspect mortgage fraud related to your home.