Appraisal services for Pawcatuck and New London County homeowners

The top reasons CT homeowners call on Domnarski Appraisal Services:

Pre-listing appraisals (whether you're using an agent or selling the home on your own)
Challenge a property tax assessment
To lower your mortgage payment by removing PMI
Reinstate their Home Equity Line of Credit (or HELOC)
To review a different appraiser's report for verification
If real estate property needs to be divided because of a divorce
Settle an estate in CT by determining the true market value of property in question

Need help determining the value of your home in or near Pawcatuck, CT?
Contact Domnarski Appraisal Services.

We at Domnarski Appraisal Services understand the unique needs of a homeowner looking for appraisal services. Our usual business clients get the appraisal process and the customary reporting formats. But as a consumer,we will give you extra guidance and explanations through the appraisal process to more fully understand what we do and how we report our findings.

For-Sale-By-Owner (FSBO) / Pre-Listing Services

Since you have an emotional attachment to your house, it's often very hard to be objective about it. Our professional appraisers at Domnarski Appraisal Services are objective. We won't just tell you what you want to hear, we'll tell you what you need to know. In addition to helping you set a realistic selling price so your house will attract interested buyers, a professional appraisal is a very important negotiating tool once you have an interested buyer. It's something tangible to show the buyer. An appraisal is an independent third party's opinion of your property's price -- not just how much your house is worth. Interested buyers assume that you have an emotional attachment to your house and will be more likely to give credibility to an expert appraiser's value assessment than yours.

Need to cancel PMI?

Getting the PMI (Private Mortgage Insurance) canceled from your mortgage loan is an attractive way to save money for homeowners. Your monthly payments will go down once your mortgage loan is less than 80% of the value of your house. In most cases you can apply to your lender to have the PMI removed from your loan. We're veterans in helping customers just like you do away with undesirable PMI insurance.

Challenging a property tax assessment

If you live in a local area that is going down or not appreciating as much as other homes close to yours, your local tax assessor may have your house overvalued. This only means you are most likely paying higher taxes than you should be paying. The faster you take care of a matter like this, the better, since your property assessment may likely go up again in the next period. An expert appraisal from Domnarski Appraisal Services is your strongest weapon when contesting your property tax assessment.

HELOC recently frozen?

If your property is near a declining area, your lender may choose to automatically freeze your home equity line of credit (HELOC) - even if your specific property has not declined in value. Not only can this be inopportune from a cash flow point of view, but it can be damaging to your credit score since it may appear as though that credit line is maxed out. Domnarski Appraisal Services can provide you with a professional appraisal to help you reinstate your HELOC.

We Also Offer Field and Desktop Appraisal Review Services

Do you need a seasoned appraiser to double-check your appraisal for verity, or do you need a second opinion without the added cost and delay of waiting for a whole new appraisal? In a field review we will go out and check the subject and comps. If you're in a hurry, we'll provide you with a desk review and verify as many facts as we can using online data sources as well as our own files.

Do you need a retrospective review of an appraisal? Domnarski Appraisal Services can help with that too. While typically requested by banks, you may want to utilize this service if you suspect mortgage fraud related to your property.