I will be listing my home for sale early 06. I have done a lot of research
at the county courthouse for similar homes in my area and have found that
the "assessed" value and the "sale" values are very far apart, some as much
as double. Can someone put me onto a reference on how to make sense of all
the data I have acquired?

chaz

On Mon, 12 Dec 2005 16:04:09 -0500, "chaz" wrote:

I will be listing my home for sale early 06. I have done a lot of research
at the county courthouse for similar homes in my area and have found that
the "assessed" value and the "sale" values are very far apart, some as much
as double. Can someone put me onto a reference on how to make sense of all
the data I have acquired?

chaz

If the purpose of getting assessed values was to help you price your home
for sale you have wasted your time. Assessed values are for taxation
purposes only and for a variety of reasons have little or no relationship
to the current market value of a property. Actual methods of determining
the assessed value vary greatly from state to state and often county to
county. In any case they are of no value in setting an asking price.

"doubter" wrote in message
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On Mon, 12 Dec 2005 16:04:09 -0500, "chaz" wrote:

I will be listing my home for sale early 06. I have done a lot of research
at the county courthouse for similar homes in my area and have found that
the "assessed" value and the "sale" values are very far apart, some as
much
as double. Can someone put me onto a reference on how to make sense of all
the data I have acquired?

chaz

If the purpose of getting assessed values was to help you price your home
for sale you have wasted your time. Assessed values are for taxation
purposes only and for a variety of reasons have little or no relationship
to the current market value of a property. Actual methods of determining
the assessed value vary greatly from state to state and often county to
county. In any case they are of no value in setting an asking price.


As I stated, I have gleaned both the latest sales figures and assessed
values. In comparing them I found that the assessed values were in some
cases WAY off what the local sales have reflected.

thanks

doubter writes:
On Mon, 12 Dec 2005 16:04:09 -0500, "chaz" wrote:

I will be listing my home for sale early 06. I have done a lot of research
at the county courthouse for similar homes in my area and have found that
the "assessed" value and the "sale" values are very far apart, some as much
as double. Can someone put me onto a reference on how to make sense of all
the data I have acquired?

chaz

If the purpose of getting assessed values was to help you price your home
for sale you have wasted your time. Assessed values are for taxation
purposes only and for a variety of reasons have little or no relationship
to the current market value of a property. Actual methods of determining
the assessed value vary greatly from state to state and often county to
county. In any case they are of no value in setting an asking
price.

This is absolutely correct. Varies by county. Your county's
assessor's office may have a FAQ posted that details how they come
upon assessed valuation.

If the goal is to dispute your tax valuation. then comparing assessed
values is certainly appropriate. At least in my county one of the
ways to dispute you taxes is based on "lack of uniformity," and you
cite the properties with assessed valuations less than your house, and
imply "mine has been assessed unfairly high, thankyouverymuch."

If the goal is to set a sale price, ignore assessed valuation
entirely. A combination of closed sales data of comp properties in
the same area, and listed comp properties is typically used. Getting
at this data is tricky though. Recordings of property transfers
usually lag by several months if you're looking at public county
records. Realtors have MLS and tend to have the most up to date data
on closed sales. Interviewing realtors to see how they'd sell your
home is a useful tool for a seller to get a good feel for this and get
some access to this data.

If the goal is to determine a valuation for appraisal, appraisers have
a criteria that typically look at closed sales more strongly than
what's on the market.

Best Regards,
--
Todd H.
http://www.toddh.net/

The only thing that matters in figuring a sales price is the price that
similar houses have sold for in areas close to your home. Assessed
value is useless as far as determining how much a house should sell
for. Right now, market prices have risen dramatically and the last
assessment may have been done many years ago. The only important thing
with assessment is that all houses being taxed are assessed using the
same standard. It doesn't matter then whether the house is assessed at
$200K or $300K, as the tax rate is adjusted for the whole community
accordingly.

There are several values for a house.

-The assessed value.
-The asking price by the seller.
-The offer price by the buyer.
-The selling price. (The *real* value of the house.)

Things are worth what someone is willing to pay for them...

On Mon, 12 Dec 2005 17:48:47 -0500, someone wrote:

As I stated, I have gleaned both the latest sales figures and assessed
values. In comparing them I found that the assessed values were in some
cases WAY off what the local sales have reflected.

Yeah so what duh hey, what's your point?


Reply to NG only - this e.mail address goes to a kill file.

chaz wrote in message ...

"doubter" wrote in message
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On Mon, 12 Dec 2005 16:04:09 -0500, "chaz" wrote:
.. . .(snip). . .

As I stated, I have gleaned both the latest sales figures and assessed
values. In comparing them I found that the assessed values were in some
cases WAY off what the local sales have reflected.

thanks



In many places, that's the way it's supposed to be, by law. I have
an assessed value which is supposed to be 50% of an estimated sales price,
and a "State Equalized Value" which is again different.

Although the assessed value is supposed to be 50% of an estimated sales
price, there tends to be only a moderately strong correlation between the
estimated and actual sales prices with the actual about 10% higher in my
town.

If you can get your hands on the Multiple Listing Book or some other source
of recent sales prices, you can plot your own correlation between assessed
and actual.

Regards
Old Al

On Wed, 14 Dec 2005 08:59:36 -0500, "oldal4865"
wrote:

If you can get your hands on the Multiple Listing Book or some other source
of recent sales prices, you can plot your own correlation between assessed
and actual.

To what end? Plotting sales price against the amount of rain on the the
date of the sale would be just as useful..

doubter writes:
On Wed, 14 Dec 2005 08:59:36 -0500, "oldal4865"
wrote:

If you can get your hands on the Multiple Listing Book or some other source
of recent sales prices, you can plot your own correlation between assessed
and actual.

To what end?

RTFSL

SL stands for subject line.

--
Todd H.
http://www.toddh.net/

On 14 Dec 2005 11:04:02 -0600, (Todd H.) wrote:

To what end?

RTFSL

SL stands for subject line.

Sometimes it helps to actually read the thread before posting.

doubter writes:

On 14 Dec 2005 11:04:02 -0600, (Todd H.) wrote:

To what end?

RTFSL

SL stands for subject line.

Sometimes it helps to actually read the thread before posting.

So you've learned your lesson. Good. :-)

Best Regards,
--
Todd H.
http://www.toddh.net/