Built by people who know Samaná
20+ years of on-the-ground Dominican Republic real estate experience, now powered by AI to help every buyer make informed decisions.
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Why we built Evalua
The problem: market opacity
Dominican Republic real estate has no MLS. No centralized pricing data. No public transaction records. Agents represent both sides of the deal. Asking prices are routinely inflated 20–40% above fair value. Title status is unclear on 60% of land. International buyers — especially first-timers — have no way to know if they're getting a fair deal or walking into a costly mistake.
The solution: data-driven transparency
Evalua makes the opaque transparent. We built the tool we wished existed when we started buying property in Samaná two decades ago. Paste a listing URL and get what no agent will tell you: how the price compares to market data, what the property can actually earn as a rental, what CONFOTUR saves you in taxes, and whether the title situation should concern you — all in under 60 seconds.
20+ years in Samaná
Our team has been active in the Samaná peninsula since the early 2000s — before Las Terrenas had paved roads to the airport. We've watched the market evolve from a handful of expat-owned villas to a thriving international investment destination.
That history gives us something no algorithm alone can provide: ground truth. We know which neighborhoods retain value, which developers deliver on promises, which legal structures actually protect buyers, and which "deals" are traps. That knowledge is baked into every analysis Evalua produces.
2003–2010
First properties in Las Terrenas
Acquired and managed rental properties during Samaná's early growth phase. Built relationships with local attorneys, surveyors, and property managers that remain active today.
2010–2020
Market data collection
Began systematically tracking transactions, listing prices, rental yields, and development activity across Samaná. Built an extensive database of properties with verified price-per-square-meter data.
2024–2025
Evalua is born
Combined our market database with AI analysis to create a tool that does in 60 seconds what used to take weeks of local research. Launched publicly to help every buyer — not just those with local connections — make data-driven decisions.
20+
Years of Samaná market experience
2,000+
Properties in our benchmark database
70+
Data points per analysis
The team behind Evalua
Evalua was built by people who know what it’s like to buy property in the DR without reliable data. Our team combines deep local market knowledge with technical expertise to give every buyer the information advantage that used to require years of on-the-ground experience.
Marvin D.
Founder
Belgian-born and based in Las Terrenas since 2016, Marvin has spent 10 years building and operating across Samaná’s real estate market — from eco-villa development to a peninsula-wide referral network. He works daily in Spanish, French and English with foreign buyers, developers and local operators, and built Evalua to turn ground-level market knowledge into something a buyer can actually price a decision on. He knows where the gap sits between asking price and real value in every micro-zone.
Quentin N.
Co-Founder & Technology
Quentin brings 30 years in European real estate, with a specialty most agents avoid: properties with unclear legal status. Across dozens of transactions in Brussels and Ibiza, he built a discipline of reading title, permit and regulatory risk before it becomes a buyer’s problem — the same signals Evalua now surfaces for Samaná. He is the practitioner’s eye behind the analysis: which red flags cost money at closing, and which are noise.
Víctor P.
Legal Advisor
Víctor is a Dominican attorney practicing since 2002, with a law degree from UASD and master’s degrees in tax planning (INTEC) and international trade (Universidad Complutense de Madrid). He spent nine years inside the DGII — the country’s tax authority — and specializes in tax, administrative and real estate law: the fiscal and regulatory layer beneath every foreign purchase. He teaches at the Escuela Nacional de Abogados of the Colegio de Abogados de la República Dominicana and is an active member of CONACI.
Evalua is built and operated by a Samaná-based team of real estate and data specialists. Our articles and analyses are produced with AI-assisted drafting and reviewed for accuracy against verified market data, Dominican government sources (DGII, CONFOTUR, Catastro Nacional), and on-the-ground insight from the Las Terrenas market.
For legal, tax, and transaction-specific questions, we work with licensed Dominican professionals — and we always recommend that buyers confirm details with their own attorney and accountant. Everything we publish is general information, not legal, tax, or investment advice.
Our data sources
Every Evalua analysis draws from multiple verified data sources. We believe in transparency about where our numbers come from — it's the only way to build trust in an opaque market.
Short-Term Rental Intelligence
Short-term rental performance data: average daily rates, occupancy rates, and revenue estimates by city and property type. Updated quarterly.
Dynamic Pricing Data
Dynamic pricing intelligence and market trend data. Helps us validate revenue projections and understand seasonal pricing patterns.
Proprietary Property Database
Our proprietary database of Samaná-area properties with verified price/m² data, built over 20 years of active market participation. The backbone of our comparative analysis.
Global Property Guide
National and regional benchmarks for rental yields, price appreciation, and transaction costs. Used for cross-market comparisons.
Government & Legal Sources
DGII (tax authority), CONFOTUR registry, Catastro Nacional, and Central Bank exchange rates. Official data for tax calculations and legal status.
Live Listing Data
Real-time analysis of DR real estate listings across major platforms. We extract 70+ data points from each listing and validate them against our benchmarks.
Why you can trust our analysis
Every analysis includes a data completeness score — we tell you how much data was available
Market benchmarks from verified, named sources — not black-box estimates
We show the math: price/m² vs. market average, yield calculations, cost projections
We flag risks: title status hints, overpricing signals, low data availability warnings
We don't sell real estate — we have no incentive to inflate valuations or push deals
See for yourself
Try a free analysis on any DR listing. Judge the quality of our data by the results.
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