Need an appraisal in Omaha or Douglas County?

The top 7 reasons why NE homeowners order from Ted Panas Appraisals:

Get a pre-listing appraisal (whether you're using an agent or selling the home on your own)
To challenge a NE property tax assessment
Remove PMI to reduce their mortgage payment
To reinstate your Home Equity Line of Credit (or HELOC)
Review another appraiser's report for verification
In the case of a NE divorce, where property needs to be divided
To determine the true market value of real estate in question to settle an estate

Do you own a home in or near Omaha? Do you need help deciding the price of your real estate?
Contact Ted Panas Appraisals.

At Ted Panas Appraisals, we understand the individual needs of a homeowner in need of appraisal services. Our usual business clients understand the appraisal process and the customary documents we provide. But as a consumer,we will give you extra guidance and explanations through the appraisal process to understand what we do and how we document our findings.

Pre-listing Services/For Sale By Owner

It's very hard to be objective about your home because of your emotional attachment to it. Our professional appraisers at Ted Panas Appraisals 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 many interested buyers, a professional appraisal is very crucial as a negotiating tool once you have an interested buyer. The appraisal is something concrete to show your buyer. It's an independent third party's opinion of your home's value, and not just you saying how much you think your house is worth. Interested buyers assume that you have an emotional attachment to your home and will be much more likely to give credibility to an accomplished appraiser's value conclusion than yours.

Need to cancel PMI?

PMI stands for Private Mortgage Insurance. A fashionable way to save money for homeowners is getting the PMI eliminated from their mortgage loan, thus saving them money on their monthly payments. Your monthly payments will go down once your mortgage loan amount is below 80% of the value of your house. In most cases you can apply to a lender to have the PMI removed from your loan. Ted Panas Appraisals is veterans in helping homeowners just like you abolish unwanted and unneeded PMI insurance.

Challenge a property tax assessment

If you live in a local area that is going down or not appreciating as much as other houses close to yours, your local tax assessor may have your home overvalued. This means you're going to pay higher taxes than you should be paying. Since your property assessment may likely go up again in the next period, the faster you take care of things like this, the better. Getting an expert appraisal from Ted Panas Appraisals is your best weapon when contesting your property tax assessment.

HELOC recently frozen?

Your lender just may choose to automatically freeze your home equity line of credit (HELOC) if your property is near a declining area -- even if your specific property has not declined in value. Not only can this be annoying from a cash flow angle, but it can be bad for your credit score since it may appear as though that credit line is maxed out. Ted Panas Appraisals can provide you with a professional appraisal that will help you reinstate your HELOC.

Field and Desktop Appraisal Review Services

Would you prefer a second opinion without the charge and delay of waiting for a whole new appraisal? Or do you need a professional to double-check your appraisal for efficiency? An appraiser from Ted Panas Appraisals can go out and check the subject and comps in a field review. If you're in a hurry, we'll 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? We can help you with that While typically requested by banks, you may desire to use this service if you suspect mortgage fraud related to your home.