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Determining Your Assessment  What is Market Value?  Market value
is defined as the most probable price which a property should
bring in a competitive and open market under all conditions
requisite to a fair sale, the buyer and seller, each acting
prudently, and assuming the price is not affected by undue
stimulus. Implicit in this definition is the consummation of a
sale as of a specified date and the passing of title from seller
to buyer under conditions whereby:    1. Buyer and seller are
typically motivated;   2. Both parties are well informed or well
advised and both acting in what they consider their own best
interest;   4. Payment is made in terms of cash in U.S. dollars
or in terms of financial arrangements comparable thereto; and
5. The price represents the normal consideration for the
property sold unaffected by special or creative financing or
sales concessions granted by anyone associated with the sale.*
How is Market Value Estimated?  To