Sales Price of a House

[hrmaddie 48]

Any realtors want to help me find the sales price of a neighbor's house?  I'm hoping it will help reduce my property taxes.

[Gil Bang 26178]

in texas?  If so, I can't help

[hrmaddie 48]

Yes, sorry in Texas.  Denton to be exact.

[MNLonghornFUKM 8964]

Usually Zillow or realtor.com have a history section of what its sold for.


Or your city/county property information web site may have info if you search for the house address #

[NotActuallyALonghorn 4998]

Bout tree fiddy

[Gil Bang 26178]

zillow is the last fucking place to check.  Notoriously inaccurate.

[cabowabo 4646]

Texas Tax Code 41.461 requires the appraisal district to produce any evidence it plans to use in an appraisal hearing at least 14 days before the hearing, but you have to request it.  Send the appraisal district a letter requesting this info. I did this, and they sent me some comps. That being said, best thing is to have a realtor friend pull some comps for you so you’re not just getting the highest comps produced by the appraisal district. 

[gmr548 16681]

Ask your neighbor?

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[MNLonghornFUKM 8964]

zillow is the last fucking place to check.  Notoriously inaccurate.

Ok... the house I sold in october has the right price

[UTPhil2006 3911]

17 hours ago, Gil Bang said:

zillow is the last fucking place to check.  Notoriously inaccurate.

Quoted for truth.

[ShaggyBevo RIP 3873]

If it was a recent sale Zillow uses the county's records for sales price.

OP needs to go on their county tax assessors website and see if the sale price is listed for the address.

[Catpfish 618]

Why would the county know the sales price unless it has been used in a previous protest (or the owner is an idiot)?  Texas is a non-disclosure state and there is no way to determine sales price from the recorded documents

[ShaggyBevo RIP 3873]

11 minutes ago, Catpfish said:

Why would the county know the sales price unless it has been used in a previous protest (or the owner is an idiot)?  Texas is a non-disclosure state and there is no way to determine sales price from the recorded documents

I'm used to other states where the info is on the county's tax appraisal site.

[Gil Bang 26178]

3 hours ago, MNLonghornFUKM said:

20 hours ago, Gil Bang said:

zillow is the last fucking place to check.  Notoriously inaccurate.

Ok... the house I sold in october has the right price

blind squirrel, acorn, etc

[Catpfish 618]

51 minutes ago, ShaggyBevo RIP said:

I'm used to other states where the info is on the county's tax appraisal site.

No worries. Technically, the county is not supposed to have access to the MLS data, but you'd be hard pressed to convince me that they don't have a backdoor in. They also "prey" on first-time home buyers who don't realize that they don't have to report the sales price when they file for the homestead exemption.  It's disclosed on the form but you'd have to read the fine print...and nobody got time for that

[jofus 2269]

https://www.dentoncad.com - price may not be listed if they buyer/seller didn't want it disclosed.  

if the property was listed on MLS a realtor could access the data.

Edited April 30, 2019 by jofus

[Gil Bang 26178]

zillow:

https://www.housingwire.com/articles/48386-zillow-slapped-with-60-million-lawsuit-over-hacked-listing-of-bel-air-mansion

[mycox 587]

I believe har.com will tell you the sales price

[luke duke 6447]

Why would the county know the sales price unless it has been used in a previous protest (or the owner is an idiot)?  Texas is a non-disclosure state and there is no way to determine sales price from the recorded documents

[Catpfish 618]

1 hour ago, luke duke said:

Okay, I'll bite.  Which recorded document show the purchase price?  I guess you could back into a price on an FHA loan by assuming a 3.5% down payment, but where are you going to get the down payment on a conventional? 

[jofus 2269]

20 hours ago, Catpfish said:

Okay, I'll bite.  Which recorded document show the purchase price?  I guess you could back into a price on an FHA loan by assuming a 3.5% down payment, but where are you going to get the down payment on a conventional? 

it would be on the warranty deed, but the state only requires you to put $10 in the place of the purchase amount.  So in texas you don't have to disclose, but you can.  i made sure the title company did not include the sale price in the warranty deed of my recent home purchase.

 

[Catpfish 618]

The usual wording is "$10 and other valuable consideration."  I have seen the same wording on deeds from the 1930's and 40's.  To be honest, I have never seen an actual price included in a deed (although I haven't read more than 4 or 5 dozen and I"m not a lawyer).

[CHIEF 5205]

I'm a realtor and have access to the MLS for Denton. PM me.

CHIEF

[Red Six 131]

The deed of trust will have the secured amount on it. You can work backwards from there to get a very rough ballpark assuming somewhere between 3.5% and 20% down.

If you register for Redfin, you can access sold prices.

Or call one of your 50 real estate agent friends and have him/her pull comps for you.

[UTPhil2006 3911]

58 minutes ago, CHIEF said:

I'm a realtor and have access to the MLS for Denton. PM me.

CHIEF

Correct/easiest answer right here.