Finding out the sales cost of a house in your area can be achieved with a call for your county tax assessor. Real estate sales information is public record, available for free to anyone who wants it. Your county tax assessor maintains a database of sales information and property values which it uses to compute property taxes. The assessor frequently updates its data, so all sales finally make it in the database.
Call your county tax assessor’s office or see the assessor’s web site.
Give the clerk the property address and request sales data. Search by property address if you’re online. There is generally a short time delay between when a property sells when the sales data reaches the tax assessor’s database. The length of the delay varies from county. Sales data may not be available for very recent sales, so check periodically for updates in the event the information that you want is not yet offered.
Write down the information the clerk gives you. Print or save the data if you’re searching online.