Washington State Licensed and Certified Appraisers serving the greater Puget Sound area.
AppraisalMS handles Lakewood appraisals for home purchases, refinances, estate settlements, divorces and property tax appeals, out of our Lynnwood office. For a quote, put the Lakewood address in the box at the top of this page or call (425) 967-3498.
Lakewood became a city in 1996; the 2020 Census counted 63,612 residents. Its lakes and its border with Joint Base Lewis-McChord raise most hard questions.
At 1,091 acres, American Lake is the largest natural lake in Pierce County (Wikipedia), and the base owns part of its shore. Private frontage is scarce, so we confirm on site whether a home owns frontage, has a view, or neither.
A 160 acre lake circled by higher priced homes and estates, per Wikipedia, with both public access points overgrown. Few sell in a year, so when a comp comes from another lake, the report names it and shows the adjustment.
Lake Steilacoom is a shallow reservoir made by an 1853 dam on Chambers Creek; its 1920s Interlaaken Bridge closed in 2024. The city plan notes narrow Interlaaken streets without curbs or sidewalks, so access goes into the site notes.
Tillicum lies between I-5, Camp Murray and American Lake; Woodbrook is across I-5, where the industrial zone passed 188 acres. The 2024 subarea plan notes new sewer lines and manufactured homes, so sewer, zoning and land ownership get checked early.
Norton Clapp built the first part of the Colonial Center in 1937, and Lakewood Towne Center replaced the old mall in 2002. Downtown holds about 419 homes, per the city plan, so its condo and mixed use units are compared with each other first.
Water comes first: owning frontage and seeing a lake are different comps. Then the base: the 2025 comprehensive plan counts 1,832 housing units in McChord Field air corridor zones that miss safety guidelines, so zoning is checked before comps. Sewer or septic and Clover Creek flood maps follow.
In Lakewood we appraise for purchase, refinance and FHA loans, and for estates, divorce, pre listing pricing and relocation. Fighting a Pierce County assessment? See the tax appeal guide.
Reports arrive on the date we set, with updates as we go. Our team has written market analyses for builders, mortgage brokers, agents and lenders since the early 1990s, so a Lakewood lake home with few sales gets a report showing how far the search went and why each sale stayed.
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