Well the tax assessment is public probably so that people can see that the government is acting honestly. I don’t know if there’s a particularly good reason fo

Well the tax assessment is public probably so that people can see that the government is acting honestly. I don’t know if there’s a particularly good reason for ownership to be public. Some countries only have transaction dates/prices but not names published. Some countries make everyone’s individual tax returns publicly available. I don’t know why the us found this particular balance. I assume that Zillow would get a load of angry emails if they published ownership information and it isn’t worth enough to them to publish it.