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Bigham, WM. A. Inc.
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Appraisal - Real Estate

Serving Hagerstown, MD and surrounding areas

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In business since 1955

Free estimates

Emergency services offered

Wm. A. Bigham, Inc., specializes in residential and commercial real estate valuations. Our company has served southern Pennsylvania and Northern Maryland, for over 60 years. With that experience, we are confident in our ability to exceed your expectations, always paying close attention to the specific needs of each individual or company with whom we work. We specialize in appraisals for purchases, pre-listing, estate, tax assessment, divorce, construction defects, and other litigation. We look forward to speaking with you directly and providing the expertise you need with regard to your property.

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Megan Craig Appraisals, LLC
5.0(
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Appraisal - Real Estate

Serving Hagerstown, MD and surrounding areas

In business since 2010

Free estimates

At Megan Craig Appraisals, we take great pride in our experience, expertise, quality and customer service that we provide to meet the consumer's needs. It is our mission to provide excellent workmanship and complete customer satisfaction from start to completion of a project. In order to understand the needs and expectations of our customers, we take great care to work and communicate with every customer in a professional manner. Our reputation is based on service, safety and quality, regardless of how large or small the job.

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Property Appraiser FAQs, answered by experts

Basement bedrooms can count toward your room count and the square footage of your home on an appraisal if they’re fully legal, which means they have proper ventilation and points of egress, as defined by your local building code. Simply partitioning off a space for a bedroom in an otherwise unfinished basement that isn’t a legal living space won’t affect your appraisal value.

Yes, home appraisers look at your windows when appraising your property to determine the market value of your home. They’ll factor in the type of windows, quality, condition, whether or not there are screens covering the windows, frame materials, size, insulation, and more to come up with an unbiased property assessment.

Wainscoting isn’t a design element that can be directly tied to an increased house price. Despite that, it is a highly marketable element that can generate significant interest from potential buyers who enjoy the style, and is relatively inexpensive to remove for those who don’t. If you are on the fence about paneling, just know that it certainly wouldn’t result in depreciation of your home’s value—usually the opposite. 

Typically during transactions or refinancing, or whenever significant improvements are made.

As a seller, it might feel tempting to skip the appraisal, especially in a hot market that sees a lot of all-cash offers. While you can technically forgo it and hope for an all-cash offer, you’ll likely have a very tough time selling without an appraisal. 

In addition to protecting lenders from risk, appraisals also protect buyers’ investments. As such, it isn’t typically recommended for buyers to skip appraisals.

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