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The tax man cometh!

I live in an area where they do periodic reassessments every ~3 years (we were not reassessed after our purchase in 2020). We purchased in late 2020 for a little over 700k, but the assessment from 2018-2022 didn’t change (previously 575k). Just got our new assessment for 2023-2025 back at 825k.

I plan to appeal, but I don’t expect them to budge as the most recent sale was our neighbors house directly across from us which is almost 400 SF smaller but sold for ~900k. Basically nothing for sale with in a few miles radius either, so no new comps expected to appear before the 45 day appeal window closes. The new tax will be phased in over 3 years, so we won’t pay the full amount until 2025…I believe this is due to our homestead exemption, which kicks in to soften the blow from large assessment increases.

The county site isn’t updated with the new assessments so I can’t see if everyone else also saw similar increases. No issues with affordability for us or anything like that…but this is why as a homeowner I hate when property values skyrocket. You just end up paying more taxes for not much back in return (unless you live in a place like Cali, which has it’s own problems). I don’t plan on ever tapping into our equity, so paper gains are all meaningless. Unless you are looking to sell, or need a Heloc…the ideal situation is really just flat home prices. Watching your Zestimate rise is all fun and games until tax time lol.

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