For Homeowners
Scan your home.
Save on your taxes.
Walk through your home with your phone in fifteen minutes. A state-licensed appraiser in your market reviews the scan and signs a defensible, USPAP-compliant report you can use for tax appeals, estate planning, divorce proceedings, or pre-listing decisions. Starting at $199.
Why homeowners order an appraisal
Property tax appeal
Fight an inflated assessment with a defensible, licensed valuation. Most homeowners recover the cost of the report in year one.
Pre-listing & pricing
Know your home’s real market value before you list — or before you negotiate a buyout with a co-owner or relocation company.
Estate & probate
A licensed appraisal for probate court, trust settlement, or date-of-death valuation — prepared the way courts and the IRS expect.
Divorce & equitable division
Neutral, third-party valuation that both parties’ attorneys can rely on. We don’t take sides — we report value.
How it works
You do the walkthrough on your phone. A licensed appraiser does the rest. No strangers in your home, no scheduling, no waiting rooms.
Tell us about the home
Address, basic details, why you need the appraisal. Two minutes.
Scan your home
Walk each room with your phone camera and narrate what you see. The app guides you through the full walkthrough in about 15 minutes.
A licensed appraiser reviews
A state-licensed appraiser in your market reviews your scan, pulls comparable sales, and prepares the report. Typically 48–72 hours.
Get your report
A defensible, USPAP-compliant appraisal you can hand to your tax board, your attorney, your CPA, or your buyer.
What you get
A real appraisal.
Not a Zestimate.
Zillow and Redfin give you an automated estimate. Those numbers carry no legal weight — a tax board, probate court, or estate attorney will not accept them. ValueSwell delivers the document that actually counts: a USPAP-compliant appraisal signed by a licensed human appraiser in your state.
- State-licensed appraiser (not an AVM or algorithm)
- USPAP-compliant written report
- Photo exhibits from your walkthrough
- Comparable sales with source citations
- Defensible in tax appeals, probate, and court
- Delivery as PDF + secure link
Pricing
Straightforward, flat-fee pricing. No appraiser markups, no surprises. Complex property? We’ll quote you before we start.
Desktop Appraisal
$199Self-scan + licensed appraiser review. Best for tax appeals, pre-listing estimates, and date-of-death valuations on straightforward homes.
- Phone walkthrough, no on-site visit
- Licensed appraiser review
- USPAP-compliant written report
- Delivered in 48–72 hours
Full Appraisal
$449For complex properties, legal proceedings, or where a full interior inspection is required by statute.
- Self-scan + optional on-site verification
- Extended comp analysis
- Court-ready report format
- Delivered in 5–7 business days
Rush
+ $99Add rush delivery to either tier when you’re up against a filing deadline.
- Priority appraiser assignment
- 24-hour desktop delivery
- 48-hour full-appraisal delivery
We’re not an AVM, a computer model, or a real-estate agent estimate. Every ValueSwell report is prepared under the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) and signed by a licensed appraiser in your state — the same qualification required for mortgage appraisals.
Questions homeowners ask
A real, licensed appraisal. A state-licensed appraiser reviews your walkthrough and comps and signs the report under USPAP standards. It’s the same document format a lender-ordered appraisal uses for the relevant assignment type.
Yes. Tax appeal boards across the country accept USPAP-compliant appraisals as evidence. We’ve designed the report to speak the language your appeal panel expects.
Zillow shows an automated estimate. Those have no legal or appeal value. We send a licensed human appraiser to review your property scan and sign a formal report. That’s the document that actually counts.
For most products, no one needs to physically visit. You do the walkthrough yourself, guided by the app, and the appraiser reviews remotely. If your assignment requires an exterior or interior inspection, we’ll let you know upfront.
Rush delivery available for both desktop ($99 add-on, 24 hours) and full ($99 add-on, 48 hours) appraisals. Tax appeal deadlines and court filings are the two most common reasons people ask.