Attention homeowners in Hollywood and Broward County: Get an Appraisal today!

The top reasons Florida homeowners call on Ardent Appraisals & Home Inspections:

  1. Pre-listing appraisals (whether they're selling the home on their own or using a real estate agent)
  2. To challenge a property tax assessment in Florida
  3. To lower their monthly mortgage payment by removing PMI
  4. Reinstate their Home Equity Line of Credit (HELOC)
  5. To review another appraiser's report for verification
  6. If property needs to be divided because of a divorce
  7. Settle an estate in Florida by determining the true market value of a property
Own a house in or near Hollywood, Florida and need help deciding the value of it? Contact Ardent Appraisals & Home Inspections.

We at Ardent Appraisals & Home Inspections understand the unique needs of a customer seeking appraisal services. Our business practices and reporting formats are relatively routine to our business clients like lenders, lawyers, and CPAs. But as a general consumer, you can expect extra guidance and explanations through the appraisal process to more clearly understand what we do and how we document our findings.

For Sale by Owner/Pre-Listing Services

Since you have an emotional attachment to your home, 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. A professional appraisal is a crucial negotiating tool once you have an attainable buyer, in addition to helping you set a realistic price to sell at so your house will attract buyers. It's something tangible to show the buyer. The appraisal is an independent third party's opinion of your home's value, not just how much your home is worth. Potential buyers know that you have an emotional attachment to your house and will be far more likely to give credibility to a seasoned appraiser's value estimation than yours.

Challenge Broward County's assessment of your property

Your local tax assessor may have your home overvalued if your home not appreciating as much as other houses close to yours. That only means you're probably paying more taxes than you should. The quicker you take care of things like this, the better off you'll be, since your property assessment may likely go up again in the next period. An appraisal from Ardent Appraisals & Home Inspections is your #1 weapon when challenging your property tax assessment.

Appraisals to cancel PMI

PMI stands for Private Mortgage Insurance. A fashionable way to cut expenses for homeowners is to get the PMI canceled from their mortgage loan, thus saving them money on their monthly payments. Once your mortgage loan amount is less than 80% of the value of your home, in most cases you can apply to your lender to have the PMI canceled from your loan, which will make your monthly payments go down. Ardent Appraisals & Home Inspections is seasoned in helping clients just like you delete unneeded and unwanted PMI insurance.

Was your HELOC recently frozen?

Even if your specific property has not declined in value, your lender may make the decision to automatically freeze your home equity line of credit (HELOC) if your home is in a declining area. This can be detrimental to your credit score since it may appear as though that credit line is maxed out, and also inopportune from a cash flow standpoint. Ardent Appraisals & Home Inspections can help you reinstate your HELOC.

We Provide Field and Desktop Appraisal Review Services

Have you just accepted a copy of your appraisal and you'd like to have a seasoned professional double-check it for precision or do you want a second opinion without the charge and delay of waiting for a whole new appraisal? We can go out and check the subject and comps in question in a field review. 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.

Do you need a retrospective review of an appraisal? Ardent Appraisals & Home Inspections can help you with that. Although most appraisal reviews are requested by lenders, homeowners suspecting they've been the victim of mortgage fraud are wise to get a second opinion.