Hey all homeowners.
I just have got my tax bill and it’s insane, house appraised at 420k but taxes jumped to 25% from last year. I called the county assessor office, spent an hour on hold arguing comps from zillow saying similar houses nearby are 380k max and they knocked off like 2% and called it a day. I felt like a waste but whatever…
Have anyone had a real win? Like cut it in half or something crazy? I’m kind of desperate to know the details pls…
My property tax appeal was a pathetic but I keep hearing people are winning these, what’s the secret?
byu/Appropriate-Plan5664 inpersonalfinance
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Your taxes jumped 25% from last year, but what was the appraised value last year? Was it significantly less than what the house was worth?
That’s rough. It really makes it difficult to retire in a state that has such big jumps in property tax. It’s like you’re hoping it doesn’t get gentrified and triples in value .
I “won”. Not my house, but I am POA. Assessment would have been fair had house been kept up. Silly me, i took pictures to show the work that needed to be done. Two weeks later, we got a notice from the code enforcement agency. It was dated “before” my assessment plea, but somehow came several days after. So we might save on taxes for a few yrs, but now we have different work to do.
Another family member only got theirs dropped by $25k when they asked for $100k. I guess it all depends on the assessor.
Edit: they were trying to raise it $200k, and they only raised it $100k. So I guess I saved half.