Property Valuations for Estate Settlement by Homeward Bound Appraisal Services

Settling an estate is often stressful, but a very important job. As an executor you have been entrusted to carry out the wishes of the departed as swiftly and exactly as possible. You can count on us to act quickly and with as much sympathy to the feelings of everyone left behind.

Part of Homeward Bound Appraisal Services's drive is to provide top-notch, ethical appraisals that lawyers can rely on. We understand their needs and are used to helping with all parties involved. We produce appraisal reports that out-strip the requirements of the courts and other agencies.

Contact us immediately to discuss your precise estate appraisal specifications and how we can put our business acumen to work for you.

Commonly, settling an estate requires an irrefutable appraisal report to show fair market value for the house to the satisfaction of the parties involved. We empathize that in this time of loss, even thinking about an appraisal is the furthest thought from your mind. Due to this, sometimes the time of death differs from the date the appraisal is required. Homeward Bound Appraisal Services assures that we are comfortable with the procedures and requirements needed by revenue services to perform a retroactive appraisal with an effective date and fair market value estimate matching the date your loved one passed away. The ethical obligations stated within the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) conforms our staff to confidentiality, ensuring the fullest degree of discretion for you.

Often, people do not fully appreciate the importance in having an exhaustive appraisal report produced in support of the numbers shown in general documents filed with the IRS and CA state agencies.

Opinions of value shown in documents filed with the revenue authorities definitely should be backed by an accurate report as to how the appraiser acquired his conclusions. In having a report supported by Homeward Bound Appraisal Services's professional staff, you will have the understanding that the numbers provided in the report will clearly demonstrate to the CA agencies that the numbers used are well founded and correct.

An executor will be ecstatic by an appraisal by Homeward Bound Appraisal Services which will show him irrefutable facts and figures to deal with the IRS and CA state agencies' requirements. It assures peace of mind to everyone concerned because we are there to stand behind the report if it is ever challenged.

An exhaustive report showing the appraiser's opinion of value is important to support the methods the appraiser used to come to his conclusions.