Need an appraisal in Chehalis or Lewis County?

The top reasons WA homeowners hire Olsen General Appraisal LLC:

  1. Pre-listing appraisals (whether they're selling the home on their own or using an agent)
  2. To challenge a WA property tax assessment
  3. Remove PMI to lower a monthly mortgage payment
  4. Reinstate their Home Equity Line of Credit (HELOC)
  5. To review a different appraiser's report for verification
  6. If real estate property needs to be divided because of a divorce
  7. To settle an estate in WA by determining the true market value of property in question

Do you own a home in or near Chehalis? Do you need help deciding the price of your real estate?
Contact Olsen General Appraisal LLC.

We at Olsen General Appraisal LLC understand the special needs of a customer looking for appraisal services. The appraisal process and reporting formats are familiar to our business clients like lenders, lawyers, and CPAs. But as a general consumer,we will provide you with extra guidance and explanations through the appraisal process to better understand what we do and how we report the results of our analysis.

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

It's very hard to be objective about your own home because you most likely have an emotional attachment to it. A professional appraiser is objective and will tell you what you need to know, not just what you want to hear. In addition to helping you set a realistic selling price so your home will attract many interested buyers, a professional appraisal is a very valuable negotiating tool once you have an interested buyer. It gives you something concrete to show the buyer. It's an independent third party's opinion of your home's price, and not just you saying how much your home is worth. Potential buyers know that you have an emotional attachment to your home and will be much more likely to give credibility to an accomplished appraiser's value estimation than yours.

Need to remove PMI?

PMI stands for Private Mortgage Insurance. 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. Once your mortgage loan amount is below 80% of the value of your property, in most cases you can apply to a lender to have the PMI eliminated from your loan, which will make your monthly payments go down. Olsen General Appraisal LLC is seasoned in helping folks just like you delete unwanted PMI insurance.

Challenging property tax assessments

Your local tax assessor may have your house overvalued if your house not appreciating as much as other houses close to yours. That only means you are paying more taxes than you should. The quicker you take care of a matter like this, the better, since your property assessment may likely go up again in the next period. A professional appraisal from Olsen General Appraisal LLC is your perfect weapon when challenging your property tax assessment.

HELOC recently frozen?

If your property is close to a declining area, your lender might just choose to automatically freeze your home equity line of credit (HELOC) - even if your specific property has not declined in value. This can this be difficult from a cash flow point of view, and harmful to your credit score since it may appear as though that credit line is maxed out. Olsen General Appraisal LLC can provide you with efficient appraisal that will help you reinstate your home equity line of credit.

We Also Provide Field and Desktop Appraisal Review Services

Would you wish a second opinion without the expense and delay of waiting for a whole new appraisal? Or do you desire a professional to double-check your appraisal for preciseness? We can go out and check the subject and comparables in a field review. Or, if you're in a rush, we can provide you with a desk review and verify as many facts as we can using online data sources as well as our own files.

We can also provide you with a a retrospective review of any appraisal report you may have had in the past. Even though this is usually requested by banks, you may wish to make use of this service if you suspect mortgage fraud related to your house.