Getting an appraisal from Petrucci Real Estate Services before putting your Norwalk home on the market saves you time and money.

Selling your home? You would be wise to invest in an appraisal. Don't think of an appraisal as purely an expense; it pays you in the long run! Unless a homeowner makes a career out of studying real estate values, like an appraiser, it's practically impossible for them to get a handle on real estate market forces.

It's tempting to want to base your home's value on how much you have invested in your home, or the amount you need to get for it. You see, an appraisal assesses how much your home will bring on the open market. At the end of the day, your house is only going to sell for the price another person is willing to pay.

Contact us for information regarding services specialized for home sellers.

Selling on your own?

An increasing amount of Connecticut homeowners are making the decision to sell their homes FSBO (For Sale By Owner) and foregoing the assistance of a real estate agent. But if you're going to do it right, with minimal waiting and for the best price, you need a professional appraisal. It can be very difficult to get an objective opinion, it's very difficult to take an objective look at your own home because of your emotional attachment to it. We will inform you of what you need to know, not just what you want to hear.

Not only can getting a professional appraisal help you set a sound selling price so your home will attract buyers, a professional appraisal can:
  • Be a very beneficial negotiating tool while speaking with a potential buyer
  • Put buyers at ease with written proof of the condition of your home's interior and exterior
  • Alert you of issues and eliminate last-minute repair hassles that might delay a closing
  • Help lower the odds of unrevealed problems that cause sales to fall through
Folks are sometimes surprised to discover their home's value is more than they originally believed. So spending a little on an appraisal allowed them to get several thousand more than they originally expected. Alternatively, some people have an overestimated assessment when they put a value on their home, and an appraisal gave them the assistance they needed in order to realistically price their home - allowing them to quickly sell it - instead of sitting on the market for months. Asking too much for a home causes buyers to back off, reducing your offers, making closing more difficult, wasting your valuable time and draining your resources while you're in Real Estate "limbo".

Get a comprehensive appraisal before listing

You might have a very experienced agent, but it's in your best interest to get an unbiased second opinion of value prior to signing a listing contract. Let Petrucci Real Estate Services help. We can furnish you with a pre-listing appraisal so both you and your agent have a precise writeup of your home's features and a detailed breakdown of the the newest and similar comparable sales or as they're commonly called, "comps".

We also provide general consulting

Maybe you feel like you don't need an "appraisal" but you need some help analyzing local sales and property data. We can provide assistance for your real estate dilemmas with services especially tailored for consumers with your real estate needs.

After you order an appraisal report from Petrucci Real Estate Services, you can expect....

  • Prompt response to your initial inquiry: We tailor information to the needs of our clients. Just let us know your situation, and we will give you suggestions.
  • Quick turnaround for appraisals: Normally one week or less from the date we receive the request, we can have a PDF of the report ready to download.
  • Appraisal and consulting report presentations that suit YOUR needs: We've preformed quite a few of assignments, and we understand that in the business of real estate appraising, there is no typical or standard "generic" assignment. We provide quite a few different report types and have know how at providing appraisals to consumers without a lot of the industry jargon and in an easy to digest format with consumers in mind.
  • Fast response to follow-up questions: When we create reports, we make sure they are written in plain English, comprehensible to people outside the real estate industry, and meet or exceed the Uniform Standards of Professional Practice that moderates the appraisal practice. Should you have any questions about your appraisal once you've read through the report, just give us a call or email us!