Real estate appraisal services for homeowners in the city of Berlin and Camden County

The top 7 reasons NJ homeowners need PJ Real Estate Appraisal & Consulting, LLC:

  1. Get a pre-listing appraisal (whether they're selling the home on their own or using an agent)
  2. Challenge Camden county's assessment of your property
  3. To reduce your mortgage payment by removing PMI
  4. To reinstate your Home Equity Line of Credit (or HELOC)
  5. To review another appraiser's report for verification
  6. If real estate needs to be divided because of a divorce
  7. To settle an estate in NJ by determining the true market value of real estate in question

Do you own a home in or near Berlin? Do you need help determining the price of your real estate?
Contact PJ Real Estate Appraisal & Consulting, LLC.

We at PJ Real Estate Appraisal & Consulting, LLC understand the particular needs of a homeowner in need of appraisal services. While our usual clients understand the appraisal process and standard reporting formats, you as a consumer will get an extra level of customer 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 (FSBO)/Pre-Listing Services

It's very hard to be objective about your house because of your emotional attachment to it. Professional appraisers, like the ones at PJ Real Estate Appraisal & Consulting, LLC, are objective. We will tell you what you need to know, not just what you want to hear. In addition to helping you set a realistic selling price so your property will attract many interested buyers, a professional appraisal is very important as a negotiating tool once you have an interested buyer. It's something concrete to show your buyer. It's an independent third party's opinion of your house's value, and not just you saying how much you think your home is worth. Interested buyers know you have an emotional attachment to your house and will be much more likely to give credibility to an accomplished appraiser's value conclusion than yours.

Appraisals to remove PMI

PMI stands for Private Mortgage Insurance. A popular way to cut costs for homeowners is to get the PMI removed from their mortgage loan, thus saving them money on their monthly payments. Your monthly payments will go down once your mortgage loan is less than 80% of the value of your property. In most cases you can apply to your lender to have the PMI removed from your loan. We're veterans in helping folks just like you delete unneeded PMI insurance.

Challenging a property tax assessment

Your local tax assessor may have your house overvalued if your home not appreciating as much as other houses nearby. That only means you're paying more taxes than you should. The quicker 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. An expert appraisal from PJ Real Estate Appraisal & Consulting, LLC is your #1 weapon when challenging your property tax assessment.

HELOC recently frozen?

Even if your specific property has not declined in value, your lender might make the decision to automatically freeze your home equity line of credit (HELOC) if your home is close to a declining area. This can this be troublesome from a cash flow standpoint, and negative on your credit score since it may appear as though that credit line is maxed out. A professional appraisal from PJ Real Estate Appraisal & Consulting, LLC can help you reinstate your HELOC.

Do You Need Field and Desktop Appraisal Review Services?

Do you need a veteran appraiser to double-check your appraisal for verity, or do you desire a second opinion without the charge and delay of waiting for a whole new appraisal? PJ Real Estate Appraisal & Consulting, LLC offers field reviews where we'll go out and check the subject and comparables in question. If you need it immediately, we'll provide desk review and verify as many facts as we can using online data sources as well as our own files.

We can also provide you with a a retrospective review of any appraisal report you may have in your possession. Even though this is typically requested by banks, you may want to use this service if you suspect mortgage fraud related to your house.