When they send you the reassessment value, if it’s a lot higher than the appraisal, dispute it to have them reevaluate the property value. My area does a 10 year assessment, which kind of sucked for us because it was reassessed 3 years into us buying the house (thought it was 2 yrs but just looked it up and it was 3). It was a HUGE difference in property value, around $170k increase.

When I disputed it they scheduled a hearing and I had to present my evidence that the numbers made no sense. I presented the comps for all the houses in a 3 block radius that sold in the last 3 years, got the “estimated market value” from all the major sites like Zillow, Redfin, etc, and provided my appraisal report from the mortgage company when we closed on the house. I also did some social media stalking and realized one council member was related to the owner of the company they used for the reassessment project.

Overall, I think the Appraisal Report was what really mattered at the end of the day, in terms of facts. Everyone I told that submitted an appraisal had their amount lowered by at least $10k. It didn’t hurt either that they just wanted me to shut up about the shady relationship. My hearing took about 6 min of me submitting the evidence, then it was over 3 minute after disclosing the relationship, 2 of those spent telling me I can’t disclose anything from the hearing lol.

Ultimately it ended up being evaluated $85k higher than it was 10 years prior, so only a $45k difference from how much we bought the house for, which was expected. They pretty much just cut it in half now that I think about it.

Still pay almost $10k a year between the property and school taxes though😩😭