Price it right
the first time.
The most expensive pricing mistakes happen in the first week on the market. A pre-listing appraisal puts your asking price on evidence before a single buyer sees it.
Overpricing costs more than underpricing.
A property that opens too high sits, gets stale, and ends up selling for less than it would have at an honest price — every experienced agent has watched it happen. A property that opens on evidence attracts serious buyers while it is still fresh.
A pre-listing appraisal is how you get that evidence: an independent, written opinion of market value from a certified appraiser, before the sign goes up. For hard-to-price property — farms, land, commercial buildings, unusual homes, estate sales with several heirs — it replaces the argument with a number.
And because the appraisal is independent of any listing decision, it is yours to use however the sale goes.
Most useful when
- ✓Farms & landAcreage, outbuildings, and preserved-land questions.
- ✓Commercial & mixed-useIncome, tenancy, and use drive the number.
- ✓Estate salesHeirs need one neutral, written value.
- ✓Unusual propertiesWhen nothing nearby compares cleanly.
- ✓Owners disagreeA professional number ends the debate.
From call to asking price.
Order
Tell us the property and your timeline. We confirm scope and fee up front.
Inspect
We walk the property in person — the condition and detail that photographs and tax records miss.
Analyze
We develop a defensible market value from real local sales — what buyers here actually pay.
Report
A written report within three to four weeks of inspection. Price from it, negotiate from it, or simply decide with it.
Pre-listing appraisals, answered plainly.
What is a pre-listing appraisal?
A written, independent opinion of your property’s market value, done before you list — so the asking price rests on evidence rather than hope. It is prepared to the same professional standards as an appraisal for a bank or a court.
How is this different from a real estate agent’s CMA?
A comparative market analysis is an agent’s informed estimate, often prepared while competing for your listing. An appraisal is an independent professional opinion, developed to USPAP standards by a certified appraiser with no stake in winning your business — and it comes with a written report.
When is a pre-listing appraisal worth it?
Most valuable when the property is hard to price: farms and land, mixed-use and commercial buildings, unusual or high-end homes, estate sales where heirs need a neutral number, and any sale where the owners disagree about value.
Will it match what a buyer’s lender appraises it for?
No appraisal can guarantee another appraiser’s number — but pricing from a defensible valuation makes a low lender appraisal far less likely to blow up your deal, because the price was never built on wishful thinking.
Is the appraisal tied to listing with Fiedler?
No. Fiedler Appraisal is engaged for the valuation, full stop — the report is yours whether you list with us, with someone else, or not at all. If you do want a listing conversation afterward, the brokerage side is one door down.
Know the number before the market does.
Tell us about the property and when you hope to list — we'll confirm scope, timing, and fee before any work begins.
Order an appraisal