The Marion County Property Appraiser's website had become a digital antique in the years since its creation in 1997. So the agency decided a new look was in order.

Before the recession, Marion property values rose by 71.1%, from $13.1 billion in 2005 to $22.35 billion in 2007. After the recession took hold in 2008, property values nosedived 31.3% to $15.36 ...