Which websites can I go to find home sales prices for property value assessment purposes?
I want to reduce my property tax on my house and I recently had an appraiser do an appraisal on my property. The value was over $100K less than what I paid for it, but I found out that I need homes that sold around March 31, 2008 in my neighborhood as proof, not this most recent appraisal. Where can I get such info? Thanks!!
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You can try your town’s assessors website, if they have one. If you know which homes are sold, you can search by address. You will most likely have a tough time getting your tax reduced, because the tax assessments lag behind by a year or so, then they find some other technicality in which to raise them and then you can only dispute certain times of the year, like in March.
Try your local county tax appraisers office (website). Usually, every county has one. You might have to call them to have them walk you through it.
Another trick you can do, which is very easy and very fast and you’ll get tons of results is to just call a realtor in your area.
Ask them to run the MLS for comps in your neighborhood and house type (beds, bath, sq ft, etc) for the March 31, 2008 time. I would tell him what its for, but offer him a $100 or so, since they only work on commission.
You could also ask the appraiser. Where do you think he got the information for the appraisal?? Comps!