Lee County Appraiser Florida

Real Estate Appraisal and Closing services are available in every county in Florida , including Lee . Information regarding this county is also available on the county's website. Or you can read below for some interesting facts about the county appraiser's office.

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Overview of the Lee County Appraiser office

The Lee County Fl Property Appraiser office is overloaded with tremendous work. For example, there are almost 500,000 plots of land to be assessed for market value. These also include acres of various kinds of land (citrus, pasture and farmland), constructions and their additions.

Almost 60,000 tangible individual properties have to be assessed by the Lee County Fl Property Appraiser. The Appraiser in Lee County handles almost 100,000 accounts for Homestead Exemptions and also other exemptions for example widow or military personnel. The Lee County Florida Appraiser analyzes the agricultural property yearly.

Three approaches are used by the Lee County Property Appraisal office namely cost, sales comparison and income approaches. These approaches are used in synchronization of computer software (CAMA), which stores information and generates reports for the Lee County Appraiser.

Factors determining the market value of a property

The Lee County Property Appraiser has to keep various factors in mind before assessing a particular property’s value. For example, a property’s value could have been undervalued because the owner was in a hurry to sell the property. Another instance for the Appraisal Office in Lee County could be that the property is overvalued because of a hiked sale price. These factors help the Lee County Appraisers to arrive at just and fair market value.

Benefits for the home owner

A Constitutional benefit provided by the state of Florida in the year 1992 sets a limit of 3% on yearly assessments on properties exempt under Homestead. The Fort Myers and Lee County Appraisers are mandated to keep the assessed value as the base value to achieve this benefit, “Save our Homes”!!

Clarification

Please understand that the Lee County Property Appraiser is not the one to levy taxes on property that is the job of the Taxing Authorities. The Lee County Florida property appraiser only analyzes and assesses the market to ascertain its value. There is a three step process where the tax on a particular property is fixed.

The Lee County Fl Property Appraiser only ascertains the value then the taxing authority applies the tax as per the report of the Lee County Property Appraiser. Finally, the Tax Collector receives the tax from the owner.

Lee County Title Company - Lee County Florida Property Appraiser

You can count on the experience that we have at our Lee county title company. Whether it is real estate, title insurance, mortgage documentation or closing techniques, our Lee county title company excels in offering superior service at low rates. We also offer Lee county title insurance that will protect your investment.

Title Escrow and Closing services are also available within this county with title commitments provided within 24 hours. Just fill out our order form. For more information about the city of Ft. Myers, please click here.