Sedona · Verde Valley · Northern Arizona
Commercial, Complex Residential, Portfolio Lending, Estate & Trust, Litigation, and Right-of-Way / Public Acquisition Appraisals
Berkson Appraisal Service PLLC provides comprehensive real property appraisal reports throughout Sedona, the Verde Valley and Northern Arizona. Bruce R. Berkson, Arizona Certified General Real Estate Appraiser #30680, has more than 35 years of experience valuing commercial, residential and complex real estate.
Narrative appraisal practice
Many properties do not fit neatly within a standardized appraisal form.
Custom construction, exceptional views, large or unusual sites, guest houses, mixed zoning, flood hazards, access or easement issues, specialized commercial improvements and limited comparable data can require considerably more analysis and explanation.
Berkson Appraisal Service specializes in assignments where the valuation problem benefits from a comprehensive narrative appraisal addressing the factors that actually influence market value.
The objective is not simply to report a number. It is to provide a clear, well-supported valuation analysis that allows the client and intended users to understand the property, the market evidence, the adjustments applied and the reasoning supporting the final value conclusion.
Services
Custom and luxury residences, acreage properties, unusual improvements, guest houses and ADUs, views, access issues, mixed zoning, flood influences and other residential properties requiring more analysis than a conventional form appraisal.
Complex residential appraisals →Comprehensive narrative residential appraisals for banks, credit unions and other lenders when the assignment is intended for portfolio lending and does not require UAD 3.6, URAR or UCDP delivery.
Portfolio lending appraisals →Commercial land and improved properties including retail, office, industrial, lodging, mixed-use, investment, development and special-use real estate throughout Central and Northern Arizona.
Commercial appraisals →Current and retrospective real estate appraisals for estates, trusts, date-of-death valuation, estate administration, tax-related valuation and other fiduciary purposes.
Estate & trust appraisals →Independent valuation analysis for divorce, property disputes, litigation support, mediation, expert witness assignments and other matters requiring a clearly documented opinion of value.
Litigation appraisals →Appraisals for public acquisitions, partial takings, easements, corridor projects and before-and-after valuation assignments involving impacts to the remainder property.
Right-of-way appraisals →Based in Sedona, with primary coverage throughout the Verde Valley, Flagstaff, Prescott/Prescott Valley, Tusayan and broader Yavapai and Coconino County markets.
View service area →Broader valuation perspective
A Certified General Real Estate Appraiser may appraise residential and commercial real estate within the scope of professional competency. This broader valuation background is particularly useful for residential properties containing characteristics more commonly encountered in commercial or land valuation.
Examples include large acreage, excess or potentially divisible land, mixed residential and commercial influences, multiple improvements, unusual zoning, development potential, easements, access limitations and other circumstances that require analysis beyond a typical house-and-lot comparison.
Lender assignments
Berkson Appraisal Service provides comprehensive narrative residential appraisals for banks and other financial institutions when the lender requires a collateral valuation for a portfolio or other non-GSE lending transaction.
These assignments are specifically intended for circumstances in which the lender accepts a narrative Appraisal Report and does not require a Uniform Residential Appraisal Report, UAD 3.6 data delivery or submission through the Uniform Collateral Data Portal.
Berkson Appraisal Service does not provide standardized residential form appraisals or UAD 3.6/URAR products.
Clients
Each assignment begins with identification of the appraisal problem, client, intended users, intended use, effective date, property rights and appropriate scope of work.
Market coverage
Berkson Appraisal Service is based in Sedona and performs appraisal assignments throughout Central and Northern Arizona.
Primary and regularly served markets include Sedona, the Village of Oak Creek, Cottonwood, Camp Verde, Flagstaff, Prescott, Prescott Valley, Black Canyon City, Payson, Kingman, Page, Holbrook, Tusayan and the Grand Canyon market, together with surrounding portions of Yavapai and Coconino Counties.
Selected assignments are also accepted throughout the broader Central and Northern Arizona market and other communities when the property type, assignment complexity and required market research are appropriate.
Send the property address, intended use and requested timing for an appraisal proposal.
