A Web site for Nassau County homeowners
If you’re considering challenging your home assessment in Nassau County, check out the County Assessor’s Web site for quick property searches.
By searching the site, you can compare what your home is assessed for with others in your neighborhood.
It's also a handy information tool if you're thinking of buying a home in the county. Plug in the address of the property and you’ll see a picture or two of the house at that location. You can also view an area map, a tax map, a property sketch, a notice from Nassau County Assessor Harvey B. Levinson about how much the assessed value on the property will be next year and more.
Click on Comparable Sales and you’ll see other homes that sold in the area, when and how much they sold for, the number of bathrooms, whether it uses gas or oil heat, the size of the lot, the year it was built and other pertinent information.
Levinson suggests doing research on the Web site before making an offer on the home. “You’ll get a lot more information that will help you in the negotiation process,” he said.
One tip Levinson offered was to search for the property using the core information – don’t add Road, Street, Avenue or Place after the name of the street. For instance, if the house is on Main Street, type in Main and leave out Street so the computer doesn’t kick out the search if you haven’t matched the information exactly.
In Suffolk, assessments are done at the town level. Some towns, such as Huntington, have a property search link that provides tax information on their Web site. Click the links on the left of this to see if your town has made the information available, or call the assessor’s office for information.
A home is a huge investment. The more information you have before buying, the better.
