What is a
Home Valuation?

A home valuation is an expert assessment of a property's current market value. It plays a critical role in real estate decisions—whether you're preparing to sell, refinancing, or simply tracking your equity.

While valuations are commonly used during mortgage transactions to protect a lender’s investment, they also serve as a valuable planning tool for homeowners. A well-informed valuation helps ensure you're not underpricing or overleveraging your home, and gives you the confidence to make smart, strategic decisions.

At its best, a home valuation reflects more than just numbers—it considers real-time market trends, recent comparable sales, and the unique features of your property.

For a valuation that goes beyond the algorithm, submit your details and I’ll personally prepare a custom estimate—no pressure, just real insight you can count on.

The value of your home is determined by a blend of factors—some objective, some more nuanced.

Location, size, age, condition, and recent upgrades all play a role, as do recent sales of comparable properties nearby. But a truly accurate valuation also considers real-time market dynamics: inventory levels, interest rates, buyer demand, and current competition.

These aren’t static data points—they’re moving targets that shift with the market week by week. That’s why a meaningful valuation requires more than a formula. It takes local expertise, experience, and context to understand what buyers are willing to pay right now for a property like yours.

When I evaluate your home, I take all of these elements into account—combining data with insight to give you a clear, informed picture of your home's current market value.

Online home valuations—also known as Automated Valuation Models (AVMs)—can offer a helpful starting point. They pull public data and recent sales to generate a general estimate of value.

But while convenient, AVMs often miss the details that matter most.

They typically don't account for recent renovations, design upgrades, lot orientation, view lines, architectural style, or the overall presentation of the home. They also can’t factor in buyer perception, local competition, or real-time market sentiment—all of which can significantly influence what your home is actually worth today.

That’s why online estimates should be viewed as broad ballpark figures—not pricing strategies.

For a valuation you can rely on, I offer a custom, personally reviewed estimate that considers both the data and the details. If you’re open to it, we can schedule a no-pressure walkthrough to take it a step further.