Eagle Home Appraisal Grand Rapids
Residential appraisals in Grand Rapids
A value for a house you plan to sell, refinance, insure, or simply want to understand.
Call with the address and what you need the number for. We will tell you what the report can and cannot do.
Ordinary questions deserve plain answers.
Not every appraisal comes out of a dispute. Some owners simply want to know what a house is worth before they list it, refinance it, divide it among siblings, or decide whether the assessor got it wrong.
A Heritage Hill house is its own case
Heritage Hill’s houses date mostly from the 1840s to the 1920s and come in more than 60 styles (American Planning Association). If you are planning exterior work, the City’s certificate-of-appropriateness guidance describes how the Historic Preservation Commission reviews it. A district label does not add value on its own, and approved work is not the same as finished work. We value the condition that exists on the day.
Photo: a Victorian house in the Heritage Hill Historic District, Grand Rapids, uploaded 2007 by Wikipedia user Kent county, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
If you think the assessment is too high
The City Assessor’s Office reviews appeals in February and the Board of Review hears them in March, so the year’s calendar matters; check the City’s appeal page for current dates. In 2026 the Assessor’s Review ran February 2 to 13 and the Board of Review March 3 to 20. A residential dispute generally goes to the Board of Review before the Michigan Tax Tribunal, with the Tribunal petition due by July 31 (MCL 205.735a).
Michigan values a property at its usual selling price on tax day, December 31 of the year before (MCL 211.27; MCL 211.2). Tell us which tax year you are disputing. An appraisal does not promise a reduction.
What it costs
For a VA loan the VA publishes the Kent County program fee, effective May 1, 2026: $650 for a single-family home, $650 for an individual condominium, $700 for a manufactured home and $800 for a two-to-four-unit home, with a seven-business-day timeliness standard (VA fee table). That is a program fee, not our private price. For other purposes we quote in writing after you describe the home.
Eagle Home Appraisal Grand Rapids