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6 | Page <br /> <br />Arm’s-Length Transactions The Department of Revenue requires all County Assessors to utilize a specified time period in their sales analysis. This time period is 12 months from October 1st through September 30th, preceding the assessment date. Sales within this time period will be used to determine the changes in the prior years assessed value in each community for the impending assessment. The sales that occur within this October 1st through September 30th time period, each year, are closely scrutinized by the appraisers within the Assessor Division. Evidence suggesting a forced sale, foreclosure, a sale to a relative, or anything other than an arm’s-length transaction requires the sales to be disqualified from the sales study. This is important, because the real estate sales information constitutes the statistical basis for determining the annual adjustments that are made to the valuation models. An arm’s-length transaction is any transaction in which buyers and sellers of a product act independently and have no relationship to each other. The concept of an arm's-length transaction is to ensure that both parties in the deal are acting in their own self-interest and are not subject to any pressure or duress from the other party. The following graphs and charts show the number of arm’s-length transactions that occurred within each sales period. <br /> <br />Sales Period 10/1/16-9/30/17 10/1/17-9/30/18 10/1/18-9/30/19 10/1/19-9/30/20 10/1/20-9/30/21 <br />ay2018 ay2019 ay2020 ay2021 ay2022 <br />Apartment 8 13 12 10 10 <br />Commercial 39 37 51 49 61 <br />Residential 3,963 3,907 4,103 4,004 4,341 <br /> Single Family 2,603 2,648 2,873 2,719 2,996 <br /> Townhome/Condo 1,360 1,259 1,230 1,285 1,345 <br />TOTAL 4,010 3,957 4,166 4,063 4,412