Attention homeowners in Charleston and Charleston County: Need an appraisal?

The top reasons SC homeowners use Trina Walters:

  1. Pre-listing appraisals (whether they're selling the home on their own or using an agent)
  2. Challenge a property tax assessment
  3. To cut your mortgage payments by removing PMI
  4. Reinstate their Home Equity Line of Credit (or HELOC)
  5. Verify another appraiser's report
  6. If real estate needs to be divided because of a divorce
  7. To determine the true market value of real estate in question to settle an estate in Charleston County or the state of SC

Need help deciding the value of your house in or near Charleston, SC?
Contact Trina Walters.

We at Trina Walters understand the special needs of a customer seeking appraisal services. Our typical business clients get the appraisal process and the standard reporting formats. As our client, you can expect extra guidance and explanations through the appraisal process to more clearly understand what we do and how we report the results of our analysis.

For Sale By Owner/Pre-Listing Services

Since you have an emotional attachment to your own home, it's often very hard to be objective about it. The professional appraisers at Trina Walters will tell you what you need to know -- not just what you want to hear. We are objective. A professional appraisal is very valuable as a negotiating tool once you have a potential buyer, in addition to helping you set a realistic price to sell at so your property will attract interested buyers. It gives you something tangible 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 home and will be far more likely to give credibility to a qualified appraiser's value estimation than yours.

Need to cancel PMI?

Getting the PMI (Private Mortgage Insurance) canceled from your mortgage loan is an attractive way to cut costs for homeowners. Your monthly payments will go down once your mortgage loan is below 80% of the value of your home. In most cases you can apply to the lender to have the PMI eliminated from your loan. We're veterans in helping folks just like you rid themselves of unnecessary PMI insurance.

Challenge Charleston county's assessment of your property

Your local tax assessor may have your house overvalued if you live in a region that is declining. That means you're most likely paying more taxes than you should. Since your property assessment may likely go up again in the next period, the faster you take care of things like this, the better off you'll be. Getting an expert appraisal from Trina Walters is your perfect weapon when challenging your property tax assessment.

Was your HELOC recently frozen?

If your house is in a declining area, your lender might make the decision to automatically freeze your home equity line of credit (HELOC) - even if your specific property has not declined in value. This can this be inconvenient from a cash flow viewpoint, and damaging to your credit score since it may appear as though that credit line is maxed out. Trina Walters can help you reinstate your HELOC.

Field and Desktop Appraisal Review Services

Have you just been given a copy of your appraisal and you'd like to have a veteran appraiser double-check it for accuracy or do you desire a second opinion without the added cost and delay of waiting for a whole new appraisal? Trina Walters offers field reviews where we'll go out and check the subject and comps. If you're in a rush, we'll 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? Trina Walters can help with that too. While typically requested by banks, you may wish to employ this service if you suspect mortgage fraud related to your home.