Attention homeowners in Macungie and Lehigh County: Need an appraisal?

See the top seven reasons why PA homeowners use Tri County:

Get a pre-listing appraisal (whether you're using an agent or selling the home on your own)
Challenge Lehigh county's assessment of your property
To lower their mortgage payments by removing PMI
Reinstate your Home Equity Line of Credit (or HELOC)
Verify a different appraiser's report
In the case of a PA divorce, when real estate property needs to be divided
Settle an estate in PA by determining the true market value of property in question

Need help deciding the price of your house in or near Macungie, PA?
Contact Tri County.

At Tri County, we understand the individual needs of a customer seeking 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 own home because of your emotional attachment to it. Professional appraisers, like the ones at Tri County, will be 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 house will attract buyers, a professional appraisal is very valuable as a negotiating tool once you have a likely buyer. It's something concrete to show your buyer. It's an independent third party's opinion of your home's value, and not just you saying how much your home is worth. Potential buyers assume that you have an emotional attachment to your home and will be more likely to give credibility to a qualified appraiser's value report than yours.

PMI Removal Appraisals

A fashionable way to cut expenses for homeowners is to get the PMI eliminated from their mortgage loan, thus saving them money on their monthly payments. PMI stands for "Private Mortgage Insurance". Your monthly payments will go down once your mortgage loan is down below 80% of the value of your house. In most cases you can apply to a lender to have the PMI eliminated from your loan. Tri County is seasoned in helping homeowners just like you delete unwanted and unneeded PMI insurance.

Challenging property tax assessments

Your local tax assessor may have your home overvalued if you live in an area that's going down. That means you are most likely paying more taxes than you should. The quicker you take care of a matter like this, the better off you'll be, since your property assessment may likely go up again in the next period. An appraisal from Tri County is your number one weapon when challenging your property tax assessment.

HELOC recently frozen?

Even if your specific property has not declined in value, your lender may decide to automatically freeze your home equity line of credit (HELOC) if your house is close to a declining area. This can be be destructive to your credit score since it may appear as though that credit line is maxed out, and also inopportune from a cash flow standpoint. Tri County can help you reinstate your home equity line of credit with an expert appraisal.

We Also Provide Field and Desktop Appraisal Review Services

Would you wish a second opinion without the added expense and delay of waiting for a whole new appraisal? Or do you want a seasoned appraiser to double-check your appraisal for verity? Tri County offers field reviews where we go out and check the subject and comparables in question. Or, if you're in a rush, we can 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 want to take advantage of this service if you suspect mortgage fraud related to your house.