1. Tapping Into The Value Of The Real Estate Market To Improve Local Government Services: A Case Study In St. Ann’s Bay
By Keith Mantel

2. Backend Database
(Newsome 2014, LSAJ)

3. Public interface

4. Research Objective/Questions
Identify CAMA software to replace the LVS with spatial representation, be cost recovering and scalable.
Replace the current iMap, and investigate the impact of the new website on: transparency of the land market; its usability by NLA employees and the public; and tax compliance.
What land valuation software exists on the market, both proprietary and open source?
How much annual revenue must the Land Valuation Division generate to meet its budgetary needs?
What benefits can it expect from a new system?
What is the value, in terms of potential advertising revenue, of an improved iMap site to a commercial firm?

5. Need for PPP

6. Methodology Case study/pilot project.
First phase - collect the NLA’s parcel data GIS layer, valuation data, historical sales data and property tax information for all parcels in the St. Ann’s Bay collectorate.
Use Microsoft Excel to clean the data and QGISTM to create a new integrated shapefile that was more robust.
Second phase - conduct random sampling of field sites to determine whether properties’ descriptions in the database match the reality.
With the specifications for the prototype software I tested the cost of implementation and compare that with the loss from uncollected taxes.
Final analysis - conduct financial forecasting of revenue sharing that meet the budget of the NLA and costs of a new information system and website.

7. Property tax compliance by collectorate 2013
Field Research Site
Property tax compliance by collectorate 2013
Median
St. Ann’s Bay
Number of Parcels
20,000
19,468
Compliance rate
27%
29%
Value/parcel
$9,210
$17,460

8. Prototype

9. Parcels categorized by existing sales data Red = no sales data Blue = sales data Approx. 15% of parcels have sales data

10. Value discrepancy example

11. Property Tax Comparison to US
Country
Jamaica US
Market value/parcel
$1mil JMD
$4.6mil JMD
Improvements taxable? No
Yes
Tax base
$377mil JMD
$3.5bil JMD
Tax rate
1.5% 1%
Compliance
50%
95%
Property tax collected in Springfield
$2.8mil JMD
$33mil JMD

13. Problem: Information Silos
Land Valuation
Sales
Data
Property
Tax
Parcel
Boundaries
Multiple
Listing
Service

16. Monetization
Advertising: