Appraisals for Estate Settlement by Greater Houston Area AppraisalsEstate settlement is an important and sometimes stressful task. As an executor you have been entrusted to carry out the wishes of the deceased as quickly and with as much dignity as possible. You can count on us to act quickly and with as much sympathy to the feelings of everyone in bereavement. Attorneys and accountants count on our ethics when calculating real estate values for estates, divorces, or other disputes requiring a value being placed on real property. There are required needs for everyone; we understand these needs and are used to to working with all parties involved. In our company, we are used to dealing with legal agencies in creating appraisal reports that exceed their necessities. Contact us promptly to discuss your specific estate appraisal requirements and how we can put our knowledge to work for you. Generally, settling an estate requires an extensive appraisal report to acquire fair market value for the house to the satisfaction of the parties involved. We understand that in this time of loss, ordering an appraisal report is the furthest thought from your mind. Because of this, now and then there will be times that the effective date of an appraisal deviates from the date of your loss. Greater Houston Area Appraisals assures that we are accustomed to the procedures and requirements needed by the IRS and TX revenue agencies to perform a retroactive appraisal with an effective date and fair market value estimate matching the date your loved one passed away. The ethical requirements listed within the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) conforms us to confidentiality, certifying the strongest degree of privacy for you. Many times, people do not fully realize the demand to have an exhaustive real estate appraisal supplied in support of the numbers being used in general documents filed with the IRS. An accurate report showing the appraiser's opinion of value is necessary to support the methods the appraiser used to come to his conclusions. Such a report will clearly demonstrate to the IRS that the numbers used are well-founded and substantiated. An executor will be over-joyed by an appraisal by Greater Houston Area Appraisals which will give him undeniable facts and numbers to deal with revenue agencies' requirements. You need not worry over anything, because we will be there to stand by our appraisals if they are ever challenged. One of the most necessary requirements in an appraisal report is an appraiser-backed opinion of value in a comprehensive explanation as to how the appraiser came to his conclusion. |