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A report out this week by First Street Foundation, a
nonprofit that analyzes climate risk, warns the national real estate
market “has not adequately priced the cost of climate into its valuation, ” and a “growing climate bubble ” that is “similar to past bubbles in the real-estate market ” is just starting to be recognized.
About 6.8 million properties in the U.S. "have already been
hit by increasing insurance rates, canceled policies, and the
realization of property value devaluation due to increased cost of
ownership," the report says. Read more
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The first AV-supported project will examine nonprofit
hospital tax exemptions and how they relate to spending on patient
financial assistance and other meaningful community investments. Read more
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That’s the argument being made by Beaverhead County
and other Montana counties following recent and substantial increases in
anticipated tax bills.
The Montana counties are making the argument in light of a
newly scrutinized state law that a Beaverhead County commissioner said
the state has ignored for decades. Read more
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IAAO NEWS
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Friday is the deadline to submit topics for GIS/Val Tech Conference
IAAO and URISA are accepting
submissions until Friday for keynotes, workshops, and presentations at
the 2024 GIS/Valuation Technologies Conference, April 8-11, at the Le
Meridien/Sheraton Charlotte Hotel in Charlotte, North Carolina.
The Conference Planning Committee is soliciting
educational content and instructors for full and half-day conference
workshops.
Conference workshops are scheduled on Monday, April 8, and
Thursday afternoon, April 11 (new this year). The Exhibit Hall will be
open Tuesday and Wednesday and sessions conclude at noon on Thursday,
April 11. Program topics will be in three areas: GIS Technologies,
Modeling and Valuation, and Leadership and Management. See the Call for Presentations page for more information.
National Assessor’s Day is Tuesday
Tuesday, Sept. 26, is
National Assessor’s Day and IAAO and the assessment community will
highlight the work and value of assessors. In 2018, to increase public
awareness and honor the efforts of assessors and appraisers, EagleView
declared the last Tuesday of every September National Assessor’s Day.
National Assessor’s Day helps assessors provide
constituents with a chance to learn more about what assessors do.
Assessors have a platform to explain how they value homes and businesses
as well as how the technology assessors use allows all facets of a
community to operate efficiently.
September webinar on managing complex deed workflows to improve productivity
You might be spending more
hours on ownership transfers than you think. After all, there is mapping
work, exemptions review, mailings, and sales qualifications. In
addition, various departments have to manage complex processes around
each deed.
Hear how Boulder County used to go from being months behind
on transfers to fully caught up. The webinar, set for noon Central on
Wednesday, Sept. 27, will be presented by Cindy Braddock and Will DeOreo
and is eligible for 1.5 CEU hours. The cost is $55 for IAAO members and
$77 for nonmembers. Register here.
Register now for Legal Seminar
Registration is underway for
the 2023 IAAO Legal Seminar, set for Nov. 30-Dec. 1, at the Omni
Louisville Hotel in Louisville, Kentucky.
Attendees will hear from industry experts on legal topics
of interest to members of the assessment and property tax industry. The
theme for the seminar is “Assessing the New Norm.”
Attendees may register online or submit a paper form
with payment. Early registration fees are $550 for IAAO members and $750
for nonmembers until Sept. 30. Rates increase to $660 for members and
$900 for non-members until Nov. 20 and then onsite rates are $790 for
members and $1,080 for non-members.
Continuing legal education credits (CLEs) will be available
and IAAO will seek approval for continuing legal education credits for
states that are requested by Oct. 1. Read more.
Residential model building course offered online in
October
IAAO is offering Course 333:
Residential Model Building online Oct. 16-19. The course focuses on mass
appraisal model building for residential properties. Along with
problems and illustrations, this course uses hands-on labs and exercises
along with real-world data to answer questions and construct data
transformations price trends land and improved residential models and
ratio analyses.
The course uses IBM’s statistical software package SPSS
(Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) the most common
statistical software package used by assessors. Register here.
Protecting your organization's data from physical and cyber disasters focus of October webinar
The cyber incident response team for the El Paso Central
Appraisal District in Texas will present a guide addressing standards
and insights on how to obtain the security needed to protect your
organization's data during the October IAAO webinar.
The webinar, set for
noon Central on Wednesday, Oct. 25, will be presented by Rodolfo Arvizo
and David Martinez and is eligible for 1.5 CEU hours. The cost is $55
for IAAO members and $77 for nonmembers. Register here.
Fighting cybercrime the topic of business partner webinar in November
Fighting Back Against Cybercrime will be the subject of a
webinar by IAAO business partner Tyler Technologies on Wednesday, Nov. 8
at noon Central.
The webinar will review
how sophisticated cyberattacks targeted at state, local, and federal
government organizations and school districts place all concerned
parties on high alert.
In this webinar, hear
from cybersecurity expert Tim Walsh, who will discuss how agencies can
approach the way they think about cybersecurity – from innovative and
strategic resource usage to effective application, detection, and
response mechanisms to ensure the security of data and high valued
assets. Register here.
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IAAO Connect members are talking about methods for making building size adjustments. Read more
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AROUND THE INDUSTRY
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Will cracking down on Airbnb help ease the housing crisis in New York City?
Travelers looking for a place to stay in New York City may
find they have far fewer options thanks to strict new rules that are
designed to crack down on platforms like Airbnb and went into effect in
the past week. Read more
Property tax cuts coming for Idaho homeowners through new state law
After a reduction package was passed last fall, it’s still
too soon for even the state’s top property tax experts to know what kind
of break Idaho homeowners will get.
But Alan Dornfest, AAS, FIAOO, the Idaho State Tax
Commission’s tax policy chief, crunched the numbers using 2022 property
tax totals. The money for homeowner’s property tax relief was 17.2% the
total of all homeowners’ 2022 property taxes. Read more
Appeals court sides with Hillsborough property appraiser in seaport property tax dispute
A state appeals court last week backed the Hillsborough
County property appraiser in a dispute about whether a shipyard should
be required to pay property taxes, but it said properties owned by the
Hillsborough County Aviation Authority should be exempt.
Panels of the 2nd District Court of Appeal issued
separate rulings in cases involving whether property owned by the Tampa
Port Authority and the aviation authority should receive tax exemptions.
Read more
Valuer numbers need boosting to avoid possible crisis in South Africa
South Africa has fewer than 1 500 registered professionals in
residential and commercial property valuation, and fewer than 650 valuer
candidates; this demonstrates that property valuation is an untapped
career path, says real estate property custodian South African Institute
of Valuers (SAIV) president Dianne de Wet.
She refers to the property valuers profession as “the best kept
secret,” and said that they are spread “very thin” on the ground. Read more
How the AI revolution is transforming India’s real estate valuation
AI has revolutionised how we assess property values, making it more
accurate and predictable than ever before, in addition to streamlining
property appraisals. Moreover, it will continue to reshape the real
estate industry in different direct and indirect ways. Read more
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• Property Appraiser 3-Residential, Town of West Hartford See more
McKinney, Texas
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Gastonia, North Carolina
• Property Appraisal II (REAL), Gaston County Government See more
Chicago
• Assessment Intervention Analyst, Cook County Assessor's Office See more
Durham, North Carolina
Greenwich, Connecticut
• Commercial Real Estate Appraiser, Town of Greenwich See more
Kissimmee, Florida
• Commercial Appraiser, Osceola County Property Appraiser's Office See more
Sandpoint, Idaho
• Residential Appraiser I, Bonner County Assessor's Office See more
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