San Diego property owners who disagree with their assessed value can appeal it as long as they have information to support a lower value. Those applications can be turned in to the county tax accessor’s office between July 2 and November 30. You can request forms by calling 619-531-5777 or visiting www.sdcounty.ca.gov/cob
What kind of information will support a lower value? An appraisal!! Contact the appraisers at www.scappraisals.com for your appraisal and value questions.
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FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA.—Days of Malibu living are long gone for Barbie. The iconic doll has moved to Florida and is inviting people to step into her life-size dream house, the first one now open worldwide.
Barbie The Dreamhouse Experience, a 10,000-square-foot building with an “endless closet,” elevators, a kitchen, bedroom, and everything pink, opened last week at Sawgrass Mills mall in Sunrise, Fla.
The life-size house is already drawing squeals of joy from little girls who’ve toured Barbie’s happy world, and enthusiasm from lifelong fans like Lynn Mulvaney-Japes, 51.
“It’s a big deal,” said Mulvaney-Japes, a member of a Barbie collector club. “In fact, we all want to go work there.”
The Lauderhill, Fla., resident said she has more than 3,000 Barbie dolls in a room in her house devoted exclusively to the fashionista and multi-career role model. Mulvaney-Japes planned to visit Barbie’s own house this week, along with other members of the Fashion Queen Doll Club.
Read more at: http://www.thestar.com/life/2013/05/14/lifesize_barbie_dreamhouse_opens_in_florida.html
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For millions of serious and not-so-serious homebuyers, the first stops in the house hunt are likely the Zillows and Trulias. Consumers are drawn to their simple and intuitive designs, and more importantly, the landslide of listing information they can gather after a few searches.
Have questions regarding the value of your home? Contact the appraisers at www.scappraisals.com for your value questions.
What consumers can’t see is how the information is collected, culled and presented — a proprietary process that could lead to inaccuracies. Real estate agents and brokers in San Diego County and beyond have their horror stories: incorrect bed and bath counts, duplicates with differing prices and homes listed as active when they have already sold. What’s the likely implication of this for consumers? Misinformed buying decisions.
It’s also important to note that the Zillows and Trulias also draw from various sources. They include data providers, brokerages, individual agents and MLSs.
So the results you see on those sites represent a lot of data changing hands and being cleaned up in ways that are not disclosed to the public.
Read more at: http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/mar/10/do-real-estate-search-sites-miss-accuracy-mark/
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