WHERE TO FIND COMPARABLE SALES

• Local assessors' offices should be able to provide the sales history of a particular house, neighborhood, or style of architecture. Some assessors also provide lists of recent sales that one can browse and compare to the assessment roll.
• Some municipalities choose to provide local sales and assessment information online.
• Some private companies provide comparable sales online (some at a nominal cost); search for them using keywords such as "comparable home sales" or "comparable sales". In addition, one may wish to try searching "real estate database - New York State" for additional property information.
• Many local newspapers are good sources of real estate information; they often have quarterly sales reports in the real estate or business sections.
• A real estate agent may be willing to share his or her expertise and sales history information.

Information from NYS Office of Real Property Services