Appraisal services for Grapevine and Tarrant County homeowners

See the top seven reasons TX homeowners order from Fortress Appraisal, LLC:

  1. To get a pre-listing appraisal (whether you're using an agent or selling the home on your own)
  2. To challenge a TX property tax assessment
  3. Remove PMI to reduce their mortgage payments
  4. To reinstate their Home Equity Line of Credit (or HELOC)
  5. Review another appraiser's report for verification
  6. In the case of a TX divorce, where property needs to be divided
  7. Settle an estate in TX by determining the true market value of property in question

Do you own a house in or near Grapevine? Do you need help deciding the value of your real estate?
Contact Fortress Appraisal, LLC.

We at Fortress Appraisal, LLC understand the individual needs of a homeowner in need of appraisal services. While our typical clients understand the appraisal process and standard reporting formats, you as a consumer will get extra 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

Since you have an emotional attachment to your own house, it's often very hard to be objective about it. Professional appraisers, like the ones at Fortress Appraisal, LLC, 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 property will attract many interested buyers, a professional appraisal is very crucial as a negotiating tool once you have an interested buyer. The appraisal is something concrete to show the buyer. An appraisal is an independent third party's opinion of your property's price -- not just how much you think your house is worth. Potential buyers assume that you have an emotional attachment to your home and will be more likely to give credibility to a professional appraiser's value conclusion than yours.

Need to cancel PMI?

PMI stands for Private Mortgage Insurance. An attractive way to save money for homeowners is to get the PMI eliminated 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 the lender to have the PMI removed from your loan. At Fortress Appraisal, LLC, we're veterans in helping customers just like you get rid of unwanted PMI insurance.

Challenging a property tax assessment

Your local tax assessor may have your home overvalued if you live in a local area that is declining or is not appreciating as much as other houses close to yours. That only means you are going to pay more taxes than you should. Since your property assessment may likely go up again in the next period, the quicker you take care of a matter like this, the better. When contesting your property tax assessment, getting a professional appraisal from Fortress Appraisal, LLC is your strongest weapon.

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 near a declining area. Not only can this be annoying from a cash flow angle, but it can be damaging to your credit score since it may appear as though that credit line is maxed out. Fortress Appraisal, LLC can help you reinstate your HELOC.

Do You Need Field and Desktop Appraisal Review Services?

Would you wish a second opinion without the added cost and delay of waiting for a whole new appraisal? Or do you need a seasoned appraiser to double-check your appraisal for preciseness? Fortress Appraisal, LLC offers field reviews where we'll go out and check the subject and comparables in question. Or, if you're in a hurry, 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.

Do you need a retrospective review of an appraisal? Fortress Appraisal, LLC can We can assist you. While typically requested by banks, you may want to exploit this service if you suspect mortgage fraud related to your property.