Welcome
This site is provided to the town to disclose all property
values and details including a sketch and picture of each property showing the
outline of the building and total square footage. This site provides full
disclosure of each property so that residents, business owners, appraisers, and
others can use this data as needed. Should there be a question or issue on the
data, the Assessor’s office is available to answer questions. The goal of the
Assessor’s office is to provide full and fair cash value for each property at
100% of market value. The values displayed are fiscal year 2023 assessed values.
Each year the Assessor’s office reviews values to make
changes based on a variety of influences of market changes and cost variables.
There are three approaches to value that Assessors use when determining value:
sales, cost, and income approach. Assessors use a combined approach for
residential properties called market adjusted cost approach. This simply means
a combination of sales and market approach and the cost of construction are
combined to develop values. The income approach is used for commercial and
industrial properties. This information is then input into a software package
called CAMA (computer assisted mass appraisal). Massachusetts Department of
Revenue require cities and towns to use CAMA in deriving values for their
municipality.
The Massachusetts Department of Revenue reviews values every 5 years
as part of a rigorous certification process. They also review values during the
interim years in between to make sure full and fair cash values are being
maintained.
In addition to property details, there is a sales search
feature of the site that allows research into recent sales to compare sales of
similar homes and features.
Property owners can verify their information with this
database. If there are issues or you question the accuracy of the data, please
contact the Assessor’s office so we can resolve the issue with an inspection or
other resolution. Office hours are Monday thru Friday 9AM-4PM, Wednesday we
have extended hours to 5PM.
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