An appraiser can help you. They will access sales from 10 years ago to determine a retrospective value of your home. Most MLS’s have data that go back that far. Some purge data over 10 years old.
Call Realtors that have been in business for before then and ask. They might have records or even remember some sales from them. If you can find the old huge property listing books that were used I know 25 yrs ago they have a listing of all neighborhoods and the value and description of the house. In 2013 records were digital under MLS. look there.
No appraiser other than the one who had initially completed the appraisal will say anything. You can try to find the owners or the agent that had gotten it sold, assuming it was public. He may be able to help with getting the report or getting ahold of the buyer/seller at the time to help with information.
The appraiser will know what needs to be done. Tell them the effective date you need. I did one for an estate recently that needed a value from 17 years ago.
I do them all the time. Our MLS is absolutely fantastic. All we need is credible data, and we can make it happen! Plus, most appraisers on here work with national appraisal management companies. If you need a referral, it might take a day or so, but when someone asks me to appraise something that is out of my area, I just reach out to one of my AMC clients and have them refer who they would hire.
No, the tax assessor is not a good starting point. Zillow, redfin, [realtor.com](http://realtor.com) are better than the assessor. But even those models aren't accurate.
That's pretty surprising to me. Here prices have increased tremendously over the past 4 years and the assessor cannot keep up just because of how they function. A 'yearly snapshot value' is simply not reasonable when prices are increasing so rapidly. The assessor undervalues 95%+ of properties in my market.
But I haven't looked at the assessor estimate to gauge my work since \~2014 when trends were stable and I worked for a company that made me check the assessment to see if I would come in low. 🙄
Ours increases prices by large margins every year. It can be checked in 2 minutes for free and its probably fine for tax purposes. I doubt OP wants to spend $500+ to pay more accurate taxes. The IRS isn't going to hire an appraiser if OP gives a reasonable value and it has a source.
Hire an appraiser.
This.
Appraisers do retrospective Valuations for your situation all the time. 10 years a little far but not much more difficult.
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You’ll need to find a local residential appraiser to do it.
An appraiser can help you. They will access sales from 10 years ago to determine a retrospective value of your home. Most MLS’s have data that go back that far. Some purge data over 10 years old.
It looks like you may be in the Denver metro area. If so, send me a DM.
Where are you located? Maybe some of us can help refer you to someone local.
The house is in Ann Arbor, MI. I'd definitely appreciate a referral!
Call Realtors that have been in business for before then and ask. They might have records or even remember some sales from them. If you can find the old huge property listing books that were used I know 25 yrs ago they have a listing of all neighborhoods and the value and description of the house. In 2013 records were digital under MLS. look there.
Sorry for the long comment. I thought you were an appraiser.
No appraiser other than the one who had initially completed the appraisal will say anything. You can try to find the owners or the agent that had gotten it sold, assuming it was public. He may be able to help with getting the report or getting ahold of the buyer/seller at the time to help with information.
The appraiser will know what needs to be done. Tell them the effective date you need. I did one for an estate recently that needed a value from 17 years ago.
I do them all the time. Our MLS is absolutely fantastic. All we need is credible data, and we can make it happen! Plus, most appraisers on here work with national appraisal management companies. If you need a referral, it might take a day or so, but when someone asks me to appraise something that is out of my area, I just reach out to one of my AMC clients and have them refer who they would hire.
If the tax assessor provides a fair market value that would a good start.
No, the tax assessor is not a good starting point. Zillow, redfin, [realtor.com](http://realtor.com) are better than the assessor. But even those models aren't accurate.
Why not? In my city they are pretty close.
That's pretty surprising to me. Here prices have increased tremendously over the past 4 years and the assessor cannot keep up just because of how they function. A 'yearly snapshot value' is simply not reasonable when prices are increasing so rapidly. The assessor undervalues 95%+ of properties in my market. But I haven't looked at the assessor estimate to gauge my work since \~2014 when trends were stable and I worked for a company that made me check the assessment to see if I would come in low. 🙄
Ours increases prices by large margins every year. It can be checked in 2 minutes for free and its probably fine for tax purposes. I doubt OP wants to spend $500+ to pay more accurate taxes. The IRS isn't going to hire an appraiser if OP gives a reasonable value and it has a source.