Center for Land Economics

Mass Appraisal for the Masses

A series on how property gets valued, how to tell whether assessments are accurate, consistent and fair, and how land can be valued separately from buildings. Published on Progress and Poverty.

  1. Part 1 · March 2025

    Mass Appraisal For The Masses: The Basics

    How are property tax assessments calculated, and how can we know if they're fair?

  2. Part 2 · May 2025

    How Georgists Valued Land in the 1900's

    Part two of the series: how American cities mass-valued land in the early twentieth century.

  3. Part 3 · June 2025

    Amateurs talk Algorithms, Professionals talk Data Cleaning

    The #1 thing every assessor can do to get better results right away

  4. Part 4 · September 2025

    Valuing Land: The Simplest Viable Method

    The least we can do to improve land valuation methodology right away

  5. Part 5 · April 2026

    How to Value Land: Korean style!

    Wales asked the question, Korea answered it.

  6. Part 6 · April 2026

    How Appraisers Value Land

    An interview with Thomas Holding, a veteran appraiser who has worked on all sides of the industry