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

Here are the top 7 reasons OK homeowners call on Peterson Appraisals:

  1. Find the right listing price (whether you're using an agent or selling the home on your own)
  2. Challenge a property tax assessment
  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. In the case of a OK divorce, when real estate needs to be divided
  7. Determine the true market value of real estate in question to settle an estate in Tulsa county or OK

Need help determining the price of your house in or near Tulsa, OK?
Contact Peterson Appraisals.

At Peterson Appraisals, we understand the special needs of a homeowner looking for appraisal services. The appraisal process and reporting formats are relatively routine to our business clients like lenders, attorneys, and accountants. As our valued client, you can expect extra guidance and explanations through the appraisal process to better understand what we do and how we document the results of our analysis.

For Sale By Owner/Pre-Listing Services

Since you have an emotional attachment to your 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. In addition to helping you set a realistic price to sell at so your property will attract many interested buyers, a professional appraisal is a crucial negotiating tool once you have a potential buyer. It gives you something concrete to show your buyer. It's an independent third party's opinion of your property's price, and not just how much your home is worth. Potential buyers assume that you have an emotional attachment to your house and will be far more likely to give credibility to an expert appraiser's value conclusion than yours.

Appraisals to remove PMI

Getting the PMI (Private Mortgage Insurance) removed from your mortgage loan is a preferred way to save money for homeowners. Once your mortgage loan is less than 80% of the value of your property, in most cases you can apply to a lender to have the PMI removed from your loan, which will make your monthly payments go down. We're veterans in helping people just like you remove unneeded and unwanted PMI insurance.

Challenging property tax assessments

Lets say you live in a region that is declining -- your local tax assessor may have your home overvalued. This means you are going to pay higher taxes than you should be paying. The faster you take care of a matter like this, the better, since your property assessment may likely go up again in the next period. An appraisal report from Peterson Appraisals is your number one weapon when contesting your property tax assessment.

Was your HELOC recently frozen?

Your lender may make the decision to automatically freeze your home equity line of credit (HELOC) if your house is in a declining area -- even if your specific property has not declined in value. This can be be unfavorable to your credit score since it may appear as though that credit line is maxed out, and also difficult from a cash flow point of view. Peterson Appraisals can help you reinstate your HELOC.

Need Field and Desktop Appraisal Review Services?

Do you need a professional to double-check your appraisal for preciseness, or do you desire a second opinion without the expense and delay of waiting for a whole new appraisal? Peterson Appraisals offers field reviews where we'll go out and check the subject and comps in question. 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.

We can also provide a retrospective review of any appraisal you may have had done before. Even though this is usually requested by banks, you may need to take advantage of this service if you suspect mortgage fraud related to your property.