There have been some upgrades to the Broward County Property Appraiser’s website. Effective October 1st, the site will show:

• Building permits are online
• Click on millage to see your city rates
• Explanations on Homestead
• The ability to search on sub-division sales

Concerning sub-division sales, only arms length transactions are included here. That means foreclosures are disqualified for comparables. “D” means dis-qualified and “Q” means qualified. Another update is that a short sale is now considered a qualified (at arm’s length) transaction.

Also added were more functionality on aerial views. Click on View Map. To the right by Details, you’ll see Pictometry. Click on it and you’ll see 45 degree aerial views of the property from north, south, east and west.