Pre-listing & pre-purchase
Before you set an asking price, or sign an offer, an independent number with nothing riding on the answer. We do not earn more if you list higher or offer more, and that independence is the product.
- Date of value
- Current
- Relied on by
- You
- Service area
- Calgary & area, Red Deer to Lethbridge
What to know before ordering
Price to the evidence
An overpriced listing sits, then sells below where it should have. The appraisal shows what the closed sales support, so the first price is the right one.
Before the biggest cheque
An accepted offer is not evidence of value. On an unconditional offer especially, knowing the supported value before you sign is cheap insurance.
A second opinion, not a rival
A realtor’s market evaluation and an appraisal answer differently: one reads strategy, the other evidence. When they disagree, the difference itself is worth understanding before you commit.
Every RAM report is prepared to CUSPAP by a Candidate Member of the Appraisal Institute of Canada and co-signed by a designated CRA member who takes professional responsibility for it, covered by AIC’s mandatory professional liability insurance program. The fee and scope are confirmed in writing before any work begins.
How it runs, start to finish
- Stage 01
Order placed
You send the address, the purpose, and the deadline. We confirm scope and fee before any work starts. No surprise invoices.
- Stage 02
Site inspection
Every room inspected, every improvement photographed. Condition and quality rated against the standard your intended user requires.
- Stage 03
Market research
Closed sales, not asking prices, confirmed through MLS records and available data sources. We track how the market has moved since each one sold: sometimes sharply in weeks, sometimes not at all for months.
- Stage 04
Analysis
Every difference priced: size, age, condition, location, and time. If the market moved between a sale and our effective date, the sale is adjusted by what the data shows, not a rule of thumb.
- Stage 05
Report delivered
A signed report, prepared to CUSPAP, in your inbox, with the reasoning laid out well enough to survive review.