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Savages! Need Advice!
slipgate
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I just got my property tax bill in today, they raised my property value from $440k to $490k! With the housing market the way that it is, and the fact that I live in the highest taxed strate/county in the country, how can they sleep at night screwing people even more?
It looks like the assessment is going from $350k to $494k. What a bunch of crooks!
There is an "appeal" process - how successful are those?
It looks like the assessment is going from $350k to $494k. What a bunch of crooks!
There is an "appeal" process - how successful are those?
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There are some laws that say they have to buy it at the assessed value.
Who has to buy it at the assessed value, the county?
Bring FACTS for similar property that sold in the last 5 years....to show the cycle.
and had comps. If you know a R.E agent get comps to support your claims.
Good luck.
In this area two years ago, nothing was for sale except new construction. After the last assessment it seems like everything is now.
Doesn't sound too positive,.......I will do it regardless.[;)]
I just got my property tax bill in today, they raised my property value from $440k to $490k! With the housing market the way that it is, and the fact that I live in the highest taxed strate/county in the country, how can they sleep at night screwing people even more?
It looks like the assessment is going from $350k to $494k. What a bunch of crooks!
There is an "appeal" process - how successful are those?
You should do whatever makes you feel better. You can appeal, and you might even win. In the end you are just pissing into the wind. The sad truth is the tax man will get his pound of flesh.
We get reassessed from time to time and I don't remember it ever going down or staying the same. A few years ago we had a huge reassessment and everyone in the county was up in arms. I don't remember what the percentages were, but enough appealed the assessments that it completely overwhelmed the county. The county simply cancelled the assessments, went back to the old values and raised the tax rate. We wound up paying slightly more than we would have if we just accepted the new bills.
It wasn't an election year, so all the county supervisors got reelected.