Real estate appraisal services for homeowners in the city of Southport and Fairfield County

The top reasons CT homeowners hire Greg Lane / Property Consultants LLC:

Pre-listing appraisals (whether you're using a real estate agent or selling the home on your own)
To challenge a CT property tax assessment
To cut their mortgage payment by removing PMI
Reinstate their Home Equity Line of Credit (or HELOC)
Verify another appraiser's report
In the case of a CT divorce, where real estate needs to be divided
To settle an estate in Fairfield county or CT by determining the true market value of property in question

Need help determining the value of your home in or near Southport, CT?
Contact Greg Lane / Property Consultants LLC.

At Greg Lane / Property Consultants LLC, we understand the particular needs of a customer seeking appraisal services. While our usual business clients understand the appraisal process and standard reporting formats, you as a consumer will get extra service in the form of an explanation of the process and even special consumer-friendly reporting forms if the assignment allows for them.

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

Since you have an emotional attachment to your home, it's often very hard to be objective about it. The professional appraisers at Greg Lane / Property Consultants LLC will tell you what you need to know -- not just what you want to hear. We are objective. In addition to helping you set a realistic selling price so your home will attract many interested buyers, a professional appraisal is a very important negotiating tool once you have an interested buyer. It's something concrete to show the buyer. The appraisal is an independent third party's opinion of your property's value, not just how much you think your home is worth. Interested buyers assume you have an emotional attachment to your house and will be much more likely to give credibility to an accomplished appraiser's value assessment than yours.

PMI Removal Appraisals

A fashionable way to cut costs for homeowners is to get the PMI canceled from their mortgage loan, thus saving them money on their monthly payments. PMI stands for "Private Mortgage Insurance". Once your mortgage loan amount is below 80% of the value of your home, in most cases you can apply to your lender to have the PMI eliminated from your loan, which will make your monthly payments go down. We are veterans in helping customers just like you delete unnecessary PMI insurance.

Challenge Fairfield county's assessment of your property

If you live in an area that is going down or is not appreciating as much as other properties close to yours, your local tax assessor may have your home overvalued. This only means you're going to pay higher taxes than you should be paying. Since your property assessment may likely go up again in the next period, the sooner you take care of a matter like this, the better. When contesting your property tax assessment, getting an appraisal report from Greg Lane / Property Consultants LLC is your best weapon.

Was your HELOC recently frozen?

Your lender just may choose to automatically freeze your home equity line of credit (HELOC) if your property is near a declining area -- even if your specific property has not declined in value. This can this be difficult from a cash flow standpoint, and negative on your credit score since it may appear as though that credit line is maxed out. Greg Lane / Property Consultants LLC can help you reinstate your HELOC.

We Also Offer Field and Desktop Appraisal Review Services

Have you just accepted a copy of your appraisal and you would like to have a seasoned appraiser double-check it for precision or do you need a second opinion without the cost and delay of waiting for a whole new appraisal? An appraiser from Greg Lane / Property Consultants LLC can go out and check the subject and comparables in a field review. If you need it immediately, we'll provide desk review and verify as many facts as we can using online data sources as well as our own files.

Need a retrospective review of an appraisal report? We can We can assist you While typically requested by banks, you may wish to exploit this service if you suspect mortgage fraud related to your home.