Where Can I get Free Property Tax vaules and assements for each home.
I know Zillow.com and PropertyShark.com has them, but where do they
get there information and is there a place I can get them for free or
very low price?
I would like to import them to complete listing info for sale homes.
Also Where can I get free data on Recently sold that is public vs
goign to an Agent who gets from MLS data.  This inforation need to be
current.

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Request for Question Clarification by denco-ga on 28 Nov 2006 12:28 PST

Howdy wabbit2000-ga,

Is this for a specific area, or the whole U.S.?  Thanks!

Looking Forward, denco-ga - Google Answers Researcher

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Clarification of Question by wabbit2000-ga on 01 Dec 2006 22:30 PST

Hi I'm looking for the whole US.
Major Cites would be a first good start.

I have good news and bad news.

The good news is that the type of data you're looking for is generally
available, often at no cost.

The bad news is that there is no central database for the nation that
you can simply download and have as your own.

Instead, there are hundreds of individual systems in states, cities
and counties that contain the relevant information.  Services like
zillow make an enormous effort to get the data from each and every
source (and where a service like zillow is lacking coverage, that's
often because they weren't yet able to obtain the data from local
authorities.).

So, if you want to start digging, you can find property tax and
assessment values for major jurisidictions.

Here are a few places to start:




Washington, DC:

https://www.taxpayerservicecenter.com/RP_Search.jsp?search_type=Sales
Search Real Property Sales Database 

https://www.taxpayerservicecenter.com/RP_Search.jsp?search_type=Assessment
Search Real Property Assessment Database 





NYC:

http://a836-acris.nyc.gov/Scripts/Coverpage.dll/index
New York City Department of Finance 
Office of the City Register 
Automated City Register Information System



Chicago and Cook County:

http://www.cookcountyassessor.com/filings/searchflat//search.asp
Cook County Assessor's Office: Property Search




Each jurisdiction is different in terms of how to access data, and
procedures for obtaining a full database.  You'll have to contact
individual offices to determine of a full dataset is available, and
what is involved in getting access.


Best of luck,

pafalafa-ga