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    How Much Does A Divorce Appraisal Cost In Jacksonville 2025-2026?

    December 3, 2025 • Eagle Home Appraisal Team

    How Much Does A Divorce Appraisal Cost In Jacksonville 2025-2026?

    A typical divorce appraisal for a standard single-family home in Jacksonville, Florida, will usually cost around $650 and up, with higher fees for more complex property types or rush work.

    What The VA Fee Schedule Shows

    The PDF fee schedule for the St. Petersburg Regional Loan Center lists VA appraisal fees for Florida by property type. For most Florida counties (which includes Jacksonville's Duval County), the published VA appraisal fees effective December 1, 2021, are:

  1. Single-family: $650
  2. Condo: $650
  3. Manufactured home: $725
  4. 2–4 unit multifamily: $800

    5. These fees also come with a standard appraisal turn time of 7 business days for most Florida counties, except a few higher-demand counties that have slightly higher fees and a 10-day turn time.

    VA Fee Schedule Numbers For Jacksonville

    Jacksonville is in Duval County, which falls under the "Florida – all counties" line in the VA fee schedule rather than the small group of higher-priced counties (Franklin, Indian River, Jefferson, Suwannee, Walton). That means the relevant baseline VA fee data for a divorce-related appraisal in Jacksonville is:

  5. About $650 for a typical single-family home
  6. Higher, around $725–$800, if the property is a manufactured home or a 2–4 unit multifamily building

    7. These VA numbers serve as a solid benchmark for local appraisal pricing, even though a divorce appraisal is a private assignment and not a VA loan appraisal.

    How Divorce Appraisal Pricing Works

    A "divorce appraisal" is usually a full appraisal performed for legal and settlement purposes, often requiring careful documentation, potential court testimony preparation, and coordination with attorneys. Because of that extra work, many appraisers in Florida price divorce appraisals at or slightly above VA or mortgage-lending appraisal levels, especially when expert witness work is anticipated.

    In practical terms for Jacksonville in 2025–2026:

  7. A straightforward divorce appraisal on a typical single-family home will often land near the $650 VA benchmark, though some appraisers may charge more.
  8. Expect higher fees if the property is unique, very high value, on acreage, or if the assignment includes retrospective valuation (valuing the home "as of" a past date), which is common in divorce cases.

    9. Estimated 2025–2026 Cost Range In Jacksonville

    National and Florida data show VA-style appraisal fees for homes commonly ranging from roughly the mid-$500s up to over $1,000, depending on complexity and market conditions. Using the VA's $650 Florida baseline for single-family homes as an anchor, a realistic estimate for divorce appraisal costs in Jacksonville for 2025–2026 is:

  9. Typical divorce appraisal (single-family): about $650 as a baseline, often in the $650–$900 range when attorney requirements, detailed reports, or rush timelines are involved.
  10. Condo divorce appraisal: usually similar to single-family, starting near $650 and increasing with complexity.
  11. Multifamily or manufactured home: starting in the mid-$700s and going higher due to the extra work involved in income analysis or construction differences.

    12. Blog readers should understand that the VA schedule provides a grounding number (about $650 for a standard Florida single-family appraisal), but actual divorce appraisal quotes in Jacksonville may be somewhat higher to reflect legal-case demands.

    Jacksonville Divorce Appraisal Benchmarks

  12. Single-family: VA fee baseline $650, typical divorce appraisal expectation $650–$900
  13. Condo: VA fee baseline $650, typical divorce appraisal expectation $650–$900
  14. Manufactured home: VA fee baseline $725, typical divorce appraisal expectation $725–$1,000+
  15. 2–4 unit multifamily: VA fee baseline $800, typical divorce appraisal expectation $800–$1,200+

    16. These figures reflect the combination of standard appraisal work and additional legal-case requirements commonly seen in divorce appraisals in Jacksonville for 2025–2026.

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