Property Valuations for Estate Settlement by Greater Houston Area Appraisals

Settling an estate is an important and sometimes stressful job. As an executor you have been entrusted to carry out the wishes of the departed as promptly and with as much dignity as possible. You can count on us to act quickly and with as much understanding to the feelings of everyone left behind.

We've made it our company's goal in producing top-notch appraisals that attorneys and accountants have come to depend on. Generally, everyone involved will have their own ideas of how the appraisal process should work; however, our understanding of the estate process will, without a doubt, satisfy all parties involved. We produce appraisal reports that outdo the requirements of the courts and various groups.

Settling an estate generally demands an appraisal to suggest fair market value for the residential property therein. We sympathize that in this time of loss, ordering an appraisal is the furthest thought from your mind. Due to this, now and then the time of death differs from the time the appraisal is requested. Greater Houston Area Appraisals assures that we are accustomed to the procedures and requirements requested by the IRS and TX revenue agencies to perform a retroactive appraisal with an effective date and fair market value estimate matching the exact date of death. The ethics provision listed within the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) conforms our appraisers to confidentiality, providing the highest degree of privacy for you and your family.

All too often, people do not fully understand the necessity in having a complete appraisal report prepared in support of the numbers shown in tax documents filed with revenue authorities.

One of the most important 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. This sort of report will clearly show your claim that the numbers displayed within the report are well-founded and accurate.

Having a professional appraisal report from Greater Houston Area Appraisals gives the executor definite facts and figures to work with in meeting IRS and TX state agency requirements. It assures peace of mind to everyone concerned because we are there to stand behind the report if it is ever refuted.

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