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For those unawares, the assessment grievance period ends this Friday, March 10. Question for the "pros" - I've had good success in the past grieving myself over the last years, chewing down taxes from about 13k to 9k in that period. I moved at the end of last year into a new construction home however and am trying to figure out how this works.
The last sale in the ARC system is from 2005. The house was sold again in 2014 to the builder, and then sold to me in 2016.
My tentative assessed valued for 2018/2019 (valued on 1/2/17) is basically the price it sold for in 2005. Which is obviously far less than the price I paid in 2016, but about $100k higher than the price the builder paid in 2014.
So, when I fill out the grievance form, what am I arguing? That the assessment is too high based on the 2014 sale price? Since the form requires you to enter what you paid for the house, I'm in essence telling them that I paid considerably more than the assessed value, while simultaneously arguing that it's worth considerably less. This doesn't make any sense to me, but maybe I'm missing something.
This system is retarded, but I'm trying to play by the rules.
Saw some RE listings in RVC that say things like "take grievance filed" "reduction coming". How fast is the turnaround time for a response or what makes the agent/ owner so certain that a reduction is coming if the deadline is the 17th? or are they referring to a filing from last year?
P.s. HOT DANG to whoever is paying 30k+ in taxes. It just seems so criminal and unequitable that the taxes are so high especially on what seems to be main roads.
Saw some RE listings in RVC that say things like "take grievance filed" "reduction coming". How fast is the turnaround time for a response or what makes the agent/ owner so certain that a reduction is coming if the deadline is the 17th? or are they referring to a filing from last year?
P.s. HOT DANG to whoever is paying 30k+ in taxes. It just seems so criminal and unequitable that the taxes are so high especially on what seems to be main roads.
Most grievances result in a reduction of some kind (even if just a few percentage points which offset the general rise). If you taxes are successfully grieved they take effect the following year. Right now people are grieving their 2018 assessment and will find out the results later this year.
Most grievances result in a reduction of some kind (even if just a few percentage points which offset the general rise). If you taxes are successfully grieved they take effect the following year. Right now people are grieving their 2018 assessment and will find out the results later this year.
Not 2018 but 2019
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