Real estate appraisal services for homeowners in the city of Houston and Harris County

Here are the top seven reasons TX homeowners hire Maverick Appraisal Group:

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

Need help determining the value of your home in or near Houston, TX?
Contact Maverick Appraisal Group.

We at Maverick Appraisal Group understand the special needs of a customer seeking 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.

Pre-listing Services/For Sale By Owner

Since you have an emotional attachment to your own house, it's often very hard to be objective about 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 very important as a negotiating tool once you have an interested buyer, in addition to helping you set a realistic selling price so your house will attract many interested buyers. It gives you something concrete to show your buyer. The appraisal is an independent third party's opinion of your house's value, not just how much your home is worth. Interested buyers know you have an emotional attachment to your house and will be far more likely to give credibility to an accomplished appraiser's value opinion than yours.

PMI Removal Appraisals

Getting the PMI (Private Mortgage Insurance) eliminated from your mortgage loan is a popular way to cut expenses for homeowners. Once your mortgage loan is less than 80% of the value of your property, in most cases you can apply to the lender to have the PMI removed from your loan, which will make your monthly payments go down. At Maverick Appraisal Group, we're experienced in helping clients just like you remove unneeded PMI insurance.

Challenge property tax assessments

Your local tax assessor may have your house overvalued if you live in an area that is going down or not appreciating as much as other houses close to yours. That only means you're most likely paying more taxes than you should. The faster you take care of things like this, the better, since your property assessment may likely go up again in the next period. When contesting your property tax assessment, getting an expert appraisal from Maverick Appraisal Group is your perfect weapon.

Was your 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 property is close to a declining area. This can be be harmful to your credit score since it may appear as though that credit line is maxed out, and also inconvenient from a cash flow angle. An expert appraisal from Maverick Appraisal Group can help you reinstate your HELOC.

We Offer Field and Desktop Appraisal Review Services

Have you just accepted a copy of your appraisal and you would wish to have a veteran appraiser double-check it for efficiency or do you need a second opinion without the charge and delay of waiting for a whole new appraisal? An appraiser from Maverick Appraisal Group can go out and check the subject and comparables in a field review. Or, if you need it ASAP, we can 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 you with that While usually requested by banks, you may want to employ this service if you suspect mortgage fraud related to your house.