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Are high-end homes undervalued?
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Isthmus
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September 5, 2008
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Copyright informationCopyright Isthmus Publishing Sep 5, 2008. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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WATCH OUT!
Susan Paskewitz of Madison admits she's "sort of a nosy neighbor." The UW-Madison entomology professor (she specializes in mosquitoes) has long been curious about home values in her near-west-side environs. Recently, she noticed that one property on the market for $980,000 has an assessed value of just $660,000. That fed into her "growing sense that higher-priced properties are consistently underassessed."
To "test this hypothesis" (scientists!), Paskewitz randomly picked six houses around town with asking prices in excess of $1 million. She found that these prices were, on average, 62% higher than assessed values.
Paskewitz then sampled 22 homes on the near-west side listed on ...
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