Tax appraisal is the process where a professional evaluates the value of a property for taxation purposes. It helps determine the amount of taxes that need to be paid on the property based on its assessed value.
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Sellers can advertise their homes nationwide for months for under a hundred dollars and in many areas the prior sale prices of homes are available from the property
tax appraisal districts at their public web sites.
But now that housing prices are depressed,
property tax appraisals are routinely higher than the appraised value of the house.»
When you say the city says it is worth $ 41K are you talking about
the tax appraisal?
My tax appraisal says my house is worth $ 60K less than a real estate appraiser recently estimated it when doing a refi.
I know someone whose house was massively under - appraised (
tax appraisal) after it was constructed on their lot due to some sort of glitch or misunderstanding.
Since the government also sets the rate, the actual amount of
the tax appraisal is not important, what is important is the relative rate to the rest of the homes in the jurisdiction.
Reviewed all loan documents pertaining to each application i.e. tax returns, paycheck stubs, property appraisals, and tax appraisals
There are major limitations with how accurate they can be because there are so many things out of their control on a single property, such as how a property is financed, rates,
tax appraisals, and what happens with tenants on a given property.
This market evidence will bolster the subject property's
tax appraisal.
I also verified with
the tax appraisal district that the addresses listed are owned by the parents (or at least someone with the same last name).