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Your home's value: appraisals, assessments and AVMs
Three different values, three different jobs. These guides explain when each one changes, how to read an assessment notice, which renovations add appraised value, and how to appeal an assessment in your province.
What is a home revaluation, and when does it happen?Your home is revalued when a lender orders an appraisal, the assessor issues a new roll, or an AVM refreshes. When each happens in Canada, and what it changes.Read →Reading your assessment notice: assessed value vs market valueHow to read a Canadian property assessment notice: the valuation date, assessed vs market value, and how to tell if yours is out of line with similar homes.Read →Renovations and your appraised value: what actually adds equityWhich renovations raise appraised value, how appraisers treat them, and the insured refinance (up to 90%) for adding a secondary suite since January 15, 2025.Read →Assessment appeals by provinceDeadlines, steps and fees in all ten provinces.Read →Appraisal vs assessment vs AVMThe three values side by side.Read →