Washington State Licensed and Certified Appraisers serving the greater Puget Sound area.
AppraisalMS appraises homes in Gig Harbor and across the peninsula for purchases, refinances, estates, divorce and property tax appeals, from our office in Lynnwood. Quotes start with the address box at the top of this page, or a call to (425) 967-3498.
The 2020 Census counted 12,029 people in the city, up from 7,126 in 2010. Yet Artondale, an unincorporated census area west of town, counted 13,641, so many Gig Harbor addresses are county land. We pin down which side of the city line a home sits on first.
Alfred Burnham platted the town in 1888 around Front and Harbor Streets at the north end of the bay, HistoryLink records. Homes here sell rarely, so we reach further back for sales and adjust for time. Each lot is sorted into waterfront, water view or neither first.
Platted in 1888 beside a sawmill on the west shore, Millville became the center of Gig Harbor's Croatian fishing families, per HistoryLink. On the water side we confirm what the owner holds: upland only or tidelands too, and whether a dock is permitted.
A census designated place with 98332 addresses and 3,572 residents in 2020. It is county land. Canterwood resales are compared with each other first, and any outside comp comes with a reason.
The largest census area on the peninsula, with 98335 addresses and the communities listed below inside it. Lot size, sewer or septic and shoreline access change within a few streets, so we check all three first.
Rosedale (4,357 people in 2020) was named for roses near its first town site. Raft Island sits nearby in Henderson Bay: about 200 homes on 160 acres, reached by a private bridge and run by an improvement association whose rules go into the report.
Home to 3,921 people in 2020 and reached only by the Fox Island Bridge, open since 1954. Island sales come first; if mainland sales are needed, the report explains how single bridge access was weighed.
Water comes first. A no bank lot with beach and moorage, a high bank lot with a big view, and a view home two streets up are three different products, and county records rarely say which. We confirm tidelands and bank height on site. Next is the city line, which decides zoning, utilities and which sales belong in the comp set.
For lenders we do purchase, refinance and FHA appraisals; owners and attorneys order estate, divorce, pre listing and relocation reports. Contesting a Pierce County assessment? Start with our Pierce County tax appeal guide.
Expect the report on the date we set, with updates while we work and a clean, accurate result. Gerry's years as Chief Appraiser for a national AMC, reviewing other appraisers' reports, taught him where underwriters push back. So a Gig Harbor waterfront report states tideland ownership and bank height for the home and every comp before anyone asks.
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