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

Here are the top seven reasons why OK homeowners use Kimberli Burk:

  1. Get a pre-listing appraisal (whether you're using an agent or selling the home on your own)
  2. To challenge a OK property tax assessment
  3. Remove PMI to cut a mortgage payment
  4. To reinstate your Home Equity Line of Credit (or HELOC)
  5. Review another appraiser's report for verification
  6. In the case of a OK divorce, where real estate property needs to be divided
  7. Settle an estate in OK by determining the true market value of real estate in question

Need help determining the value of your home in or near Lawton, OK?
Contact Kimberli Burk.

We at Kimberli Burk understand the special needs of a homeowner in need of appraisal services. Our business practices and reporting formats are familiar to our business clients like lenders, lawyers, and CPAs. Being a regular consumer that ordinarily doesn't look at appraisals on a regular basis,you will receive extra guidance and explanations through the appraisal process to understand what we do and how we present our conclusions.

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

It's very hard to be objective about your house because of your emotional attachment to it. Our professional appraisers at Kimberli Burk are objective. We won't just tell you what you want to hear, we'll tell you what you need to know. In addition to helping you set a realistic selling price so your house will attract interested buyers, a professional appraisal is a very valuable negotiating tool once you have a likely buyer. The appraisal is something concrete to show your 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 you have an emotional attachment to your home and will be far more likely to give credibility to an experienced appraiser's value opinion than yours.

Appraisals to cancel PMI

A preferred way to cut costs for homeowners is to get the PMI removed from their mortgage loan, thus saving them money on their monthly payments. PMI stands for "Private Mortgage Insurance". Your monthly payments will go down once your mortgage loan amount is down below 80% of the value of your home. In most cases you can apply to the lender to have the PMI canceled from your loan. We're qualified in helping homeowners just like you remove undesirable PMI insurance.

Challenging a property tax assessment

If you live in a local area that is declining or is not appreciating as much as other houses close to yours, your local tax assessor may have your home overvalued. That means you're most likely paying more taxes than you should. The sooner 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 report from Kimberli Burk is your #1 weapon when challenging your property tax assessment.

HELOC recently frozen?

If your home is in or near a declining area, your lender may 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 be be bad for your credit score since it may appear as though that credit line is maxed out, and also inopportune from a cash flow viewpoint. A professional appraisal from Kimberli Burk can help you reinstate your HELOC.

Need Field and Desktop Appraisal Review Services?

Do you need a veteran appraiser to double-check your appraisal for precision, or do you desire a second opinion without the charge and delay of waiting for a whole new appraisal? An appraiser from Kimberli Burk can go out and check the subject and comparables 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.

Need a retrospective review of an appraisal report? We can help you with that While usually requested by banks, you may want to take advantage of this service if you suspect mortgage fraud related to your home.