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What??? Are these 2010 Clark County Tax Assessments for Real?

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Real Estate Agent with Referral Network

If you have received your 2009-2010 tax assessment for the Clark County area you will see that your home value has been lowered.  You may be excited to see your taxes come down this next year but don't be lulled to sleep, you may still be getting overtaxed.

Our team sells a lot of property and as a result I do a lot of home price evaluations.  The new taxes may have just come out but I can already tell you that there is a consistent occurrence of the tax assessments still being significantly high.

So what can you do?  The best thing to do is to get an honest evaluation from a realtor that sells a lot of homes and really knows the market.  The key is one that SELLS a lot of homes and REALLY KNOWS the market.  This will tell you if you are still being over valued and over taxed.

If it turns out that you are, you don't have to take it lying down.  You can go down to the County Assessors office and file an assessment dispute.

Also if you're trying to sell or buy a home don't make the mistake of looking at the tax assessment to set your value.  If you're a seller you will likely be disappointed and if you're a buyer you will likely end up overpaying for your new home.

Posted by Team Leader: Andy Elliott

Peter and Dawn Smith
Circle Shot Media - Vancouver, WA

Hello Patti,

I am a Virtual Tour provider in your area and we own 2 properties locally.  I must say that I agree. with you when you say that we don't have to take this and there is something that we can do about it.  We went down and petitioned for a new tax assessment due to the decrease in our property values.  If you don't become proactive about it they will continue to charge you the higher rate as long as possible.  I don't mean to ruffle any feathers.  I just think that we should all help each other out when we come upon the opportunity.  If we don't know about it we can't fix it.  Thanks for getting the word out.  We hope you had a great Christmas and hope that you have a Happy New Year.  Best of wishes in 2010!

Dec 29, 2009 08:00 PM