By Eagle Home Appraisal Birmingham
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Divorce is hard enough without wondering how to get the house valued. If you want to talk it through, you can reach Eagle Home Appraisal Birmingham at (205) 732-7383 or use the contact page on this site. Tell us the property address, what the appraisal is for, and your deadline, and we can take it from there.
Steps for a divorce property appraisal
- Ask who will actually do the work, check that their credentials are current, and find out whether they have experience with this kind of property and with divorce-related reports.
- The work may include documenting the property, reviewing relevant papers and studying comparable sales. Before it begins, make sure you know what will be documented and what the report will cover.
- Ask for a report that lays out the property facts, the methods, the evidence and the value conclusion in plain terms. If the person who will receive it has instructions, pass them along.
What to prepare
- Pull together what you have: purchase receipts, insurance records, photographs and any earlier appraisals.
- Be ready to talk about what the appraisal is for, the effective valuation date and who the intended users are, and share any written instructions from your attorney.
- Ask your attorney who should hire the appraiser, and whether a shared assignment or two separate reports makes more sense for you.
In Birmingham
If the case is in the Birmingham Division of Jefferson County, it goes through the Tenth Judicial Circuit’s Domestic Relations Division at 2124 Seventh Avenue North. Your attorney will tell you which date the house has to be valued for. Birmingham houses differ a great deal from block to block, so when you reach out, mention the street and the year the house was built. It helps more than you might expect.
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