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

The top seven reasons AZ homeowners use Tiffany Yaney:

To get a pre-listing appraisal (whether they're selling the home themselves or using a real estate agent)
Challenge property tax assessments
To cut a mortgage payment by removing PMI
Reinstate your Home Equity Line of Credit (HELOC)
To review another appraiser's report for verification
If property needs to be divided because of a divorce
Determine the true market value of property in question to settle an estate

Need help deciding the price of your house in or near Tucson, AZ?
Contact Tiffany Yaney.

We at Tiffany Yaney understand the particular needs of a consumer looking for appraisal services. While our usual 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.

Pre-listing Services/For Sale By Owner (FSBO)

It's very hard to be objective about your own house because you most likely have an emotional attachment to it. The professional appraisers at Tiffany Yaney will tell you what you need to know -- not just what you want to hear. We are objective. In addition to helping you set a realistic selling price so your house will attract many interested buyers, a professional appraisal is a very important 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 property's price, and not just how much you think your home is worth. Interested buyers assume that you have an emotional attachment to your home and will be much more likely to give credibility to a professional appraiser's value estimation than yours.

Need to remove PMI?

A preferred way to save money for homeowners is to get the PMI canceled from their mortgage loan, thus saving them money on their monthly payments. PMI stands for "Private Mortgage Insurance". Once your mortgage loan is less than 80% of the value of your house, in most cases you can apply to the lender to have the PMI canceled from your loan, which will make your monthly payments go down. Tiffany Yaney is experts in helping clients just like you abolish undesirable PMI insurance.

Challenging Pima county's assessment of your property

Lets say your home is not appreciating as much as other homes nearby -- your local tax assessor may have your house overvalued. That only means you're paying more taxes than you should. The quicker you take care of things like this, the better, since your property assessment may likely go up again in the next period. Getting an appraisal report from Tiffany Yaney is your perfect weapon when contesting your property tax assessment.

HELOC recently frozen?

Even if your specific property has not declined in value, your lender just may decide to automatically freeze your home equity line of credit (HELOC) if your property is in a declining area. Not only can this be troublesome from a cash flow standpoint, but it can be negative on your credit score since it may appear as though that credit line is maxed out. Tiffany Yaney can help you reinstate your home equity line of credit with efficient appraisal.

We Also Offer Field and Desktop Appraisal Review Services

Have you just gotten a copy of your appraisal and you'd prefer to have a veteran appraiser double-check it for efficiency or do you want a second opinion without the expense and delay of waiting for a whole new appraisal? Tiffany Yaney offers field reviews where we'll go out and check the subject and comps in question. If you need it 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.

Need a retrospective review of an appraisal report? We can help with that too. Even though this is usually requested by banks, you may need to exercise this service if you suspect mortgage fraud related to your property.