Mary,

You can go to the court house which is the most accurate and also if sold within the last 4 to 5 yrs. thru MLS, a realtor can pull up the info but you should get a Realtor involved in your purchase and have them do a comparable market analysis on the property to see what the current value for a house with the same demographics is selling for especially if it has been more than 6 months ago. It is at no charge to you.

Good Luck, Ron Skaff, ABR Realtor

Yes and no. It is, but sometimes it doesn't get reported correctly at the court house. Do you know how long ago they bought it? If it was bought in the last few years through a Realtor that information will be in the MLS and hopefully recorded correctly on the tax records.

So your best bet would be to either contact a Realtor, or do a tax record search for the property.

Hope that helps!

Suzette Bailey, Realtor