Property Assessment

Know the Facts Before You Decide to Rent Your Home More and more people frustrated by the real estate market are choosing to rent their homes instead of selling at today's low prices.  This may be your situation, especially if you have relocated for job reasons or you have a second home. Many pe...

Valuable Resources for Policymakers and Tax Professionals An occasional series that recommends useful websites to our readers as discovered by Property Assessment blog authors or suggested by readers. Tax Policy Centerhttp://www.taxpolicycenter.org Property assessors and administrators of the pr...

How is Northern Virginia Really Defined? Depending upon your source, Northern Virginia can be defined in many ways.  Wikipedia states that Northern Virginia is "more of a functional name than a rigidly defined area."  The definition seems to change whether it is being defined for statistical rea...

How You Might Break Into the Real Estate Assessment Field Making the Most of the Current Market Right now could be the best time to break into the property assessment field.  If you are an experienced real estate agent or broker and have been thinking of changing your career the timing may be ri...

Invest the Time Now to Reap Dividends in the Future Are you overlooking an opportunity?  We all like to make the most of our time and put effort into the things that have a high return on our investment (and time definitely is a scarce resource). Although it's typically too late to challenge the...

El dieciocho de septiembre es el día de libertad para nuestros amigos chilenos.  Tenemos muchos amigos y compañeros de trabajo en Chile porque vivimos allí por cuatro años (2002 a 2006 en Santiago).  Este año nuestros corazones son con los chilenos en general y especialmente los mineros.  Nuestr...

Knowing What Assessors Consider Gives Glimpse of Things to Come The following article discusses real estate assessments and taxes in a specific scenario in the United States that may not represent the assessment and tax situation in your community.  Real estate assessments and taxes vary from st...

Building Strong Communities Locally and Reaching Out Internationally Ever attend a conference that has great sounding educational sessions and training opportunities and afterwards you felt like the sponsor didn't deliver on their promises?  I have and I'm guessing many of you have too.  Fortuna...

Local Resources Just a Click or Call Away Ever wondered what resources are available at City Hall?  Here's your chance to take a tour of the local real estate assessor's office with a focus on resources available to businesses, home owners, and professionals who work in the field of real estate ...

As a service to local real estate professionals the following links (click here) will allow you direct access to 14 assessors in the Greater Northern Virginia Area.  Both assessment office website links and links to assessment databases are provided.  This is not an advertisement.  I encourage y...