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Sedgwick County appraiser defends new valuation choices as commissioners press for faster appeals
Summary
Appraiser Deanna Aspedon briefed the commission on valuation methods, said the office relied more on 95% market/cost overrides this year and cited data gaps and prior-year freezes as drivers of large single-year increases; commissioners pressed for quicker appeal options, hearing officers and access to MLS data.
Deanna Aspedon, Sedgwick County appraiser, told the commission the office uses multiple valuation methods—sales-comparable market estimates, cost (replacement) estimates, multiple regression analysis (MRA), weighted and index estimates—and that this year many residential records show a 95% market or cost override when the database could not display a full automated estimate.
"We actually went 95% of market or 95% of cost," Aspedon said, explaining the office reduced some automated estimates by 5 percent to account for how sellers typically prepare homes for market. She said the appraisal models rely on an 18-month sales window and that, when neighborhoods lack sufficient sales, the office expands to a…
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