B C A S S E S S M E N T
P r o m o t e d C o n t e n t
explains Mauritz.
"One of the most interesting
instruments allows us to assess the view
from a window or balcony of a property.
As view is a huge driver of property value
in Vancouver, an appraiser can quickly,
and with little effort, determine whether
the view information we have in our
property records is accurate, and in the
future property owners will be able to
validate this information online."
Other innovative techniques include
a method referred to as Desktop Review.
"Instead of appraisers physically walking
from house to house to inspect and
photograph properties from the street,
we are using aerial and street-front
imagery combined with electronic
mapping, allowing us to triple our
productivity," explains Fair.
Desktop Review allows for a more
eficient and cost effective way of updating
BC Assessment's ever-increasing inventory
of properties. This technoloy has already
been successfully used throughout
Metro Vancouver, the Fraser Valley,
the Okanagan, Kamloops
and Nanaimo, with plans
to eventually capture
updated photos of many
more residential single-
family dwellings across the
province.
"BC Assessment is
continually working to
enhance our online services,
notably our website
(bcassessment.ca) that provides extensive
information and tools such as e-valueBC
to assist property owners in learning,
understanding and comparing how
their property is assessed," Fair adds.
"We believe our extensive inventory of
accurate property information can be
helpful to others and we have adopted
a stratey of moving from 'property
assessment' to 'property information.'"
As a result, BC Assessment is an award-
winning organization.
Over the past several years, BC
Assessment has been recognized for
its excellence in public information
campaigns, use of technoloy and being a
BC Assessment's professional
appraisers "work with"
innovation to ensure accurate
property information.
