Useful Appraisal Links:
The single best way to determine the market value of your house is to hire an appraiser. Many of the web sites listed below use proprietary algorithms that help create a "best guess" about your real estates market value based on public ally available information. Upgrades and other investments into your home cannot be determined by many of these web sites. We highly recommend you use the information on these web sites as a rough estimate in determining what your home is worth and hire an appraiser for a more accurate valuation. The web sites listed below are not an endorsement of any company or service. We highly recommend that you research every company before acquiring products or services.


•   CyberHomes.com: Provides information on the value of your house and other real estate in your neighborhood.

•   Crescent Appraisal Crescent Appraisal is a Seattle real estate appraisal services having Licensed and Certified Appraisers providing fast appraisal

•   Trulia.com: See the recent home sales trends in your neighborhood as well as historical sales information.

•   Zillow.com: Determines home values by use public data records. This is a more controversial website that was banned in the state of Arizona.

•   HouseValues.com: This site is not very useful and acts more as a lead generator for real estate agents than actually providing instant real estate value information.


•   Real Estate ABC: This website is pretty useful. It allows you to select comparable homes in your neighborhood in order to determine a more accurate assessment.

•   Reply.com: Reply.com has a nice clean interface but I was slightly frustrated with the time it took to pull up information from it's database. Sometimes links worked well while others would not. What we do appreciate most about this site is the "honesty factor". The site provides a confidence rating regarding the accuracy of their appraisal.


•   Eppraisal.com: This site provides home value information, demographic information about your neighborhood including education, finances, and industry employment.


•   HouseValues.com: This site is not very useful and acts more as a lead generator for real estate agents than actually providing instant real estate value information.


•   HomeGain.com: In addition to home value, HomeGain.com provides market and census data. Over all the prices seem to be in market value range.