The Weekly Poll: Were you happy with your latest tax appraisal?
The weekly poll is appealing its latest tax appraisal. Can you believe it actually came in low?
Last week’s topic is one I’ve been meaning to ask about for a while and was reminded of by an article by Josh Flory in today’s KNS: tax appraisals. By now you probably know that the new Knox County property tax appraisals have been done. In fact, you may have even been one of the more than 16,000 property owners who appealed their tax appraisal this year. Most personal property owners were upset because their homes reappraised an average of 15.8% higher than they did in 2005, although some, as highlighted in Flory’s article, thought their homes were grossly underappraised.
So what about you? Were you happy with your latest appraisal? Or did yours come in way too high or way too low? Cast your vote and let me know.
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Author: Suzy
Hard working Knoxville real estate agent by day. Intrepid Knoxville real estate blogger by night.
Suzy,
it’s not that they are too high or too low, it’s that they are too inconsistent within the same neighborhoods.
which then leads the tinfoil hat types to ask “why?” and assume that it is because of the politically connected, when it may be more a matter of lack of expertise by the county assessor’s office. the technology excuse is lame.
That’s a great point, knoxvegan. I think Josh’s article gives some great examples of that inconsistency in the 4th and Gill area.
Now you’ve got me curious about the criteria required to be a county assessor. Does anybody know if any real estate or appraisal experience is required or does the county train their assessors themselves?