Appraisal services for Helper and Carbon County homeowners

Here are the top 7 reasons UT homeowners call on Robert Olson:

  1. Get a pre-listing appraisal (whether they're selling the home on their own or using an agent)
  2. Challenge a property tax assessment
  3. Remove PMI to lower your mortgage payments
  4. To reinstate their Home Equity Line of Credit (HELOC)
  5. Review another appraiser's report for verification
  6. In the case of a UT divorce, when real estate needs to be divided
  7. To settle an estate in UT by determining the true market value of real estate in question

Need help deciding the price of your home in or near Helper, UT?
Contact Robert Olson.

We at Robert Olson understand the unique needs of a homeowner after appraisal services. Our regular business clients are used to the appraisal process and the customary documents we provide. But as a consumer,you can expect extra guidance and explanations through the appraisal process to better understand what we do and how we report our conclusions.

Pre-listing Services/For Sale By Owner

Since you have an emotional attachment to your house, it's often very hard to be objective about it. Our professional appraisers at Robert Olson 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 very important as a negotiating tool once you have an interested buyer. It gives you something tangible to show your buyer. An appraisal is an independent third party's opinion of your home'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 more likely to give credibility to an accomplished appraiser's value conclusion than yours.

Need to cancel PMI?

PMI stands for Private Mortgage Insurance. A preferred way to cut costs for homeowners is to get the PMI removed from their mortgage loan, thus saving them money on their monthly payments. Your monthly payments will go down once your mortgage loan amount is below 80% of the value of your house. In most cases you can apply to the lender to have the PMI canceled from your loan. We're experienced in helping homeowners just like you delete undesirable PMI insurance.

Challenging a property tax assessment

Your local tax assessor may have your house overvalued if your house is not appreciating as much as other properties close to yours. That only means you are most likely paying more taxes than you should. The earlier you take care of things like this, the better, since your property assessment may likely go up again in the next period. An expert appraisal from Robert Olson is your strongest weapon when contesting your property tax assessment.

HELOC recently frozen?

Even if your specific property has not declined in value, your lender might decide to automatically freeze your home equity line of credit (HELOC) if your home is in a declining area. Not only can this be inconvenient from a cash flow angle, but it can be damaging to your credit score since it may appear as though that credit line is maxed out. An appraisal from Robert Olson can help you reinstate your HELOC.

We Offer Field and Desktop Appraisal Review Services

Would you like a second opinion without the cost and delay of waiting for a whole new appraisal? Or do you desire a professional to double-check your appraisal for precision? Robert Olson offers field reviews where we go out and check the subject and comps. If you're in a rush, 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? Robert Olson can We can assist you. Even though this is typically requested by banks, you may want to exploit this service if you suspect mortgage fraud related to your home.