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	How To Perform Common Types Of Searches Search For A Property By Recording or Closing Date Search For A Property By Address Search For A Property By Buyer Or Seller Search For Property By Price Range Search For Property By Acreage Search For Property By Usage Search For A Property With Specific Types Of Buildings Search For A Particular Parcel Search For Comparable Properties Search For Abutting Or Nearby Properties Search For All Sales In A Given Town Search For 'Fair Market Value' Sales Search For All Transactions By A Particular Person Search The Entire History Of A Property's Ownership Search For A Property By Recording or Closing Date Go to the 'Date Range' section of the Search Form, and then select either 'Date Recorded' or 'Date Closed' from the 'Type' field. Then enter your starting date in the 'From' field, and ending date in the 'To' field. This will find all real estate transactions within the date range specified. Keep in mind that the closing date may be missing from some records, so it is usually best to search by the date recorded. The date recorded is usually within a few days of the closing date. Search For A Property By Address Go to the 'Property Location' section of the Search Form, and then enter the street address in the 'Address' field. It is usually best to start by entering just the street name by itself, without entering the street number or street type. For example, if the address you are searching for is '100 Main St.', then try just entering 'Main' in the address field. This is because the address may be entered several different ways in the database, since the information comes from handwritten forms. It may be entered as '100 Main Street' or '100 Main St' or '100 Main', etc. So by searching just for the street name, you have a better chance of finding the proper location. Or you can try just searching for the numeric portion of the address, eg: 100, and leave out the street name in case there is a typo in the street name. The address field also accepts partial entries which helps if you don't know the full name of the street, or if you are unsure of its spelling. Search For A Property By Buyer Or Seller Go to the 'Buyer or Seller' section of the Search Form, and enter the last name of the person that you are searching for. If you want to find a buyer with this name, select 'Buyer' in the 'Type' field. If you are looking for a seller, select 'Seller' in this field. If you are looking for either a buyer or seller, then select 'Buyer or Seller'. Entering just the last name usually works best. However, you can also search for a full name by entering the last name, then a space, and then the first name, like this: 'Smith John'. You may also find it helpful to search by the buyer's or seller's zip code. Keep in mind that this zip code is for the mailing address, which may be different than the physical address of the property. Search For Property By Price Range Go to the 'Price Range' section of the Search Form. In the 'Type' field select the type of price you want to search on. Most often, you will want to choose 'Price Sold: Real Estate' since this corresponds to the price that the property sold at (minus any personal property such as furniture, etc.). Then in the 'From' field, enter the starting price point, and in the 'To' field, enter the ending price point. Be careful not to enter the dollar sign or commas. For example, to search for properties that sold between $100,000 and $200,000, enter 100000 in the 'From' field, and 200000 in the 'To' field. Leave the 'To' field blank if you do not want an upper limit. So, to search for properties that sold for $300,000 or above, you would enter 300000 in the 'From' field, and leave the 'To' field empty. Search For Property By Acreage Go to the 'Property Characteristics' section of the Search Form, and enter the number of acres you are searching for in the 'Land Size' field. To search for a range of acres, enter your starting value in the first popup menu, and your ending value in the second popup menu. For example, to search for land between 5 and 10 acres, select '5 Acres' in the first popup, and '10 acres' in the second popup. To search for 5 acres or more, select '5 Acres' in the first popup, and 'And Up' in the second popup. Search For Property By Usage Go to the 'Property Characteristics' section of the Search Form, and select a value in the 'Use Before' and/or 'Use After' fields. Use Before refers to how the property was used before it was sold, and Use After refers to how it was used after it was sold. These fields are a good way to distinguish between open land and land that has a house on it. You may also want to experiment with the 'Category' field which also distinguishes the type of property it is. Search For A Property With Specific Types Of Buildings Go to the 'Property Characteristics' section of the Search Form, and select a value in the 'Buildings' field. This is a good way to distinguish between houses, vacation homes, condos, mobile homes, etc. Search For A Particular Parcel Go to the 'Property Location' section of the Search Form, and then enter the parcel number in the 'Parcel #' field. Keep in mind that many of the listings do not have their parcel number entered, so it may be more useful to search by address. This field also accepts partial entries which will help if you only know a portion of the parcel number. Search For Comparable Properties To search for comparable properties, simply enter the characteristics that you are searching for. For example, say you want to know the values of houses sold on 5-10 acre lots in the town of Burlington over the past year. First enter your date range, then select the town of Burlington, then enter 5-10 acres in the Land Size field, and press the search button. This will list all the properties that sold with these characteristics. You can further specify your search by using any of the other fields in the Search Form. Search For Abutting Or Nearby Properties The best way to search for adjoining or nearby properties is to search by street name or by the property owner's name. For example, say that I lived on 100 Front Street in Montpelier, and I wanted to find the listings for properties next to mine. In the 'Address' field of the Search Form, I can enter 'Front', and choose Montpelier in the 'Town' field. This will return a list of all properties located on a street containing 'Front' in its name. I can then review the list and find those with an address next to mine. Or, if I know the name of the property owner, I can just enter that in the 'Last Name' field, and find the property that way. You can use the Favorites list to save the properties that you find. Search For All Sales In A Given Town Go to the 'Property Location' section of the Search Form, and select the town from the 'Town' popup menu. You'll also want to enter the date range that you are interested in, as well as the type of sale in the 'Sales Type' field. You may also search by zip code, by using the zip code field in the Buyer or Seller section. Keep in mind that this zip code is for the mailing address, which may be different than the physical address of the property. Search For 'Fair Market Value' Sales Go to the 'Sales Type' section of the Search Form, and choose 'Fair Market Sale'. This will find those transactions that the state considers a Fair Market Value sale. Choose one of the other options listed to find sales that the state considers to not be a Fair Market Value sale. Search For All Transactions By A Particular Person Go to the 'Buyer or Seller' section of the Search Form, and enter the last name of the person that you are searching for. You can also search for a full name by entering the last name, then a space, and then the first name, like this: 'Smith John'. In the 'Type' field, select 'Buyer or Seller' since you want to find all transactions for this person whether they bought or sold property. Search The Entire History Of A Property's Ownership First, be sure to expand the date range to cover all transactions in the database from 1986 to present. The best way to find a given property is to search by its address, which is explained above. Since the data entry for a given property may vary somewhat from record to record, you may need to perform several searches to find all records for a given property. Just add the proper listings to your Favorites list for easy reference. For example, lets say you want to find the history of a property at 500 Elm St. in a given town. In the database, this property may have 3 transactions, but the address could be listed somewhat differently in each record as follows: '500 Elm', '500 Elm Street', and 'Elm St.'. So searching for '500 Elm' in the Address field would find the first two listings, but not the third. Searching for 'Elm' would find all the listings, plus additional listings on that street. So, you can see that some experimentation may be needed to find all the sales for a given property. Top Of Page