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What is the difference between a real-estate appraisal on your home’s value and the tax appraisal value?

Posted on Monday 18 January 2010

EM asked:

Currently, I only know the tax appraisal 109K, from the home I am planning to buy.
(Home built in 2006, around 1500 sq)

How much of a difference can I expect from the real estate appraisal? Lower or Higher?

Are homes usually valued around the same as the tax appraisal?

What kind of problems can I face if the appraiser values the home too low or high?
The appraisal would be for the purchase of a home, right now the asking price is 96K( it’s a foreclosure).

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