# How do I get an accurate appraisal for a house without hiring a real estate agend/ listing it?

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**Created:** [July 26, 2024, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-an-accurate-appraisal-for-a-house-without-hiring-a-real-estate-agend-listing-it/1004828 "2024-07-26T20:18:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2024, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-an-accurate-appraisal-for-a-house-without-hiring-a-real-estate-agend-listing-it/1004828/1 "2024-07-26T20:18:19Z")

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Title says it all.

I need to get a good appraisal of a house that’s in the family. A suburban house outside of Philly. Not interesting in listing it; therefore not interested in working with any real estate agents.

How does one get this done?

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**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2024, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-an-accurate-appraisal-for-a-house-without-hiring-a-real-estate-agend-listing-it/1004828/2 "2024-07-26T20:19:47Z")

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Hire an appraiser.

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**Author:** ![XOldiesJock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ec9cab/32.png) [@XOldiesJock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XOldiesJock)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2024, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-an-accurate-appraisal-for-a-house-without-hiring-a-real-estate-agend-listing-it/1004828/3 "2024-07-26T21:54:42Z")

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A qualified appraiser is your best bet. Before doing so, you can get a ballpark figure by looking at Zillow or Trulia. When we did a re-fi, those sources were very, very close to what the appraiser gave us.