Selling your home in or near Eddy County? Contact Benchmark Real Estate Services and make sure you're setting the price right.

If you're planning on putting your house on the market soon, an appraisal is absolutely necessary. An appraisal doesn't cost that much and it's worth the money in the long run! Unless a homeowner makes a career out of studying real estate values, like a professional appraiser does, it's difficult for them to understand the nuances of real estate market forces.

You, as a homeowner, might be focused on the costs of purchasing and upgrading your home, or how much you want to sell it for. You see, the appraisal measures how much your home will bring on the open market. At the end of the day, your house is only going to sell for what another person is offering to pay.


	Contact us for information regarding the specific services for home sellers we offer.

Selling yourself instead of using a real estate agent and need help with pricing?

More and more New Mexico homeowners are choosing to sell their homes FSBO (For Sale By Owner) and foregoing the help of a real estate agent. But if you're going to do it right, quickly and to get the most you can, you need a professional appraisal. You need an objective opinion, and we understand that it can be very difficult to take an objective look at your own home because of your emotional attachment to it. We will explain to you what you need to know, not just what you want to hear.

Not only will getting a professional appraisal help you set a realistic asking price to attract more potential buyers, a professional appraisal can:

Give you an advantage while negotiating once you have a potential buyer
Impress buyers with written proof of the condition of your home inside and out
Make you aware of issues and eliminate overlooked repairs hassles that might stall a closing
Prevent the odds of unrevealed problems that cause sales to deteriorate

Folks are sometimes surprised when they find out the value of their home is a great deal more than they thought. So investing in an appraisal allowed them to receive several thousand more than they could have originally banked. Others have an an inflated impression of the value of their home, and by getting an appraisal it gave them the assistance they needed in order to realistically price their home in order for it to sell quickly - instead of gathering dust on the market for months. An overpriced home will not attract buyers, which means no offers and no closing, wasting your valuable time and draining your resources while getting nothing done.

Get a professional value opinion before listing

Even if you're working with the most experienced agent, it's definitely a good idea to get an analysis of your home's value before signing a listing contract. Benchmark Real Estate Services can help. We can provide you with a pre-listing appraisal so both you and your agent have an accurate description of your home's features and a detailed breakdown of the most recent and similar comparable sales or as they're commonly called, "comps".

Sometimes it's useful to have a general resource for local real estate knowledge

If you l like an appraisal is not necessary but you'd still like assistance gathering local property and sales data, we can be a resource for your real estate decisions with services especially designed for consumers with your real estate needs.

When you order an appraisal report through Benchmark Real Estate Services, you can expect....

We take great pride in making sure that when you send your initial inquiry, you get a response ASAP: We personalize information to the needs of our customers. Just explain your situation, and we will provide suggestions.
Quick turnaround time: Normally in a week's time or less from the date the request is received, we can have a PDF of the report ready to download.
Consulting and appraisal report presentations to suit YOUR needs: When dealing with appraisal and consulting, one size does NOT fit all. We offer quite a few different types of reports and have know how at providing appraisals to clients sans the industry jargon and in an easy to digest format with the general public in mind.
Prompt reply to follow-up questions: When we create reports, we make sure they are written in plain English, understandable, and adhere to the Uniform Standards of Professional Practice that regulates the appraisal practice. Should you have any questions concerning your appraisal after you've read through the report, we suggest that you simply email or call us!