Home valuation · Salt Lake Valley
What your home is actually worth
A written report, prepared by hand, with the comparable sales behind the number and the reasoning that got me there. Not an automated estimate.
What you get back
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What it would list for today — with the three comparable sales behind that number, and why I picked those three. -
What is moving in your ZIP right now — what went under contract this month, and what has been sitting. -
The two or three things worth doing first — the changes that would move your number most, and the ones that would not pay for themselves. -
What you would actually net — an estimate after commission, title, and your remaining payoff.
What happens next
I build the report myself and email it within one business day. No cost, no obligation, and no automated calls — if you hear from me, it is me.
Request your report
One page. Required fields marked * — the rest just make the report sharper.
Got it — thank you
I’ll pull the comparable sales and email your report within one business day. If you want it sooner, call or text me at (385) 318-3259.
The method
How the number gets built
An automated estimate reads public records. It has never seen your kitchen, does not know your lot backs onto a canal, and cannot tell a 2019 remodel from a 1994 one.
Comparable sales
I pull every sale within roughly half a mile over the last six months, then throw out the ones that are not genuinely like your house. Most automated tools keep them all — that is where the wild numbers come from.
Adjustments, priced individually
Finishes, lot, layout, condition, and age get priced one at a time against each comp. This is the part that takes actual time, and it is the part that makes the number defensible when a buyer’s agent pushes back.
What this month is doing
Then I layer in what is currently under contract, what expired unsold, and how long things are sitting in your area. A comp from six months ago does not know what the market is doing right now.
Straight answers
Before you send it
Is this an appraisal?
No. An appraisal is a formal valuation performed by a licensed appraiser, usually for a lender, and it costs several hundred dollars.
This is a broker’s opinion of market value — what I believe your home would sell for in today’s market, and what I would tell you if you were sitting at my kitchen table. It is free, and it is not a substitute for an appraisal.
Are you going to pressure me to list?
No. I’ll send the report, and I’ll follow up once to see whether you have questions. If the answer is “not right now,” that is a completely normal answer and I’ll leave it there.
What if I am not selling for another two years?
That is often the best time to get one. Knowing your number early tells you whether a remodel is worth doing, how much equity you actually have, and what a move would really cost you.
What do you do with my address and phone number?
I use them to build your report and to follow up with you. I don’t sell your information, and I don’t hand it to a call center or an automated dialer. Ask me to stop and I will.