A very common question home buyers are asking. The city-assessed value (which is clearly an estimate) is posted publicly for everyone to see. More often than not, the city-estimated value is quite different than the ‘listing price' or the eventual sold-price.
Is there any correlation between the two? Can, for example, the sold-price be predicted from the city-assessed value?
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How accurate are city assessed values for homes and condos?
[00:00:08] This is actually a very common question I get from home buyers. They see a house listed at, let's say, 300,000 dollars and then find the city assessed value is just 250K. What's going on? The house is grossly overpriced, right? [00:00:23] So here's what's happening. The city assessed value is simply an average for that type, style, size and age of home in that particular neighborhood. Since the city in all likelihood has never stepped foot inside that particular home, they wouldn't know that the owner recently replaced all the windows, upgraded the heating and cooling, installed all new flooring and repainted inside and out. [00:00:45] None of those things require building permits, so the city has no idea that that's been done: so that this home would be above average when compared to others in the area. Now this can also happen the other way around, and a house which is city assessed at 255,000 might hit the market with the listing price of 220. In that case, the original owner might be selling the house in all its original glory with galvanized plumbing, knob and tube wiring and the walls filled with newspaper clippings pretending to be insulation. [00:01:16] The bottom line is: don't rely on city assessed value (i.e. an estimated average) to guide you as to the proper market value of any home. [00:01:25] After all, that's what your real estate agent is for.
Bo Kauffmann is a residential real estate agent with over 18 yrs experience in helping buyers and sellers achieve their goals. Inducted into the REMAX Hall of Fame in 2010 and receiving the REMAX Lifetime Achievement Award in 2019, Bo has sold over 500 houses and condos in the Greater Winnipeg market. He is an accredited buyer representative (A.B.R.) and a Luxury Home Marketing Specialist. Bo provides exceptional service to First-Time Home-Buyers, Seniors looking to downsize and Home Sellers of all ages. He can be reached easily By E-Mail or call/text him Call/Text Here Our Latest Web-Stories Never miss an episode of our real estate podcast. Install our FREE Podcast App available on iOS and Android. For your Apple Devices, click here to install our iOS App. For your Android Devices, click here to install our Android App. Check my videos on Youtube
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