Comparable Sales (Comps)

Comparable sales — “comps” — are recent sales of homes similar to yours in size, age, condition, and location. They are the single strongest form of evidence in a property tax appeal.

If several homes like yours sold for less than the county’s assessed value of your property, that’s direct proof you’re over-assessed. Assessors use the same comp-based approach (called mass appraisal), so a well-chosen comp set is hard to argue with.

A strong appeal typically uses 3–5 comps within a tight radius and a recent time window. TaxAppealAgent pulls and ranks these automatically.