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Originally Posted by aaronck
I'm going from $222 per month to $300 on my new house- and I think the assessment went down from last year- WTF?
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Based on that change in taxes, I would be surprised if your assessed value decreased. You may be misremembering.
The taxes we pay are set on a relative basis, not absolute. Your taxes could go up, even if your assessment went down if your decline was smaller than the average decline across the city. Given housing prices had risen, on average, with the January assessments, I think that your assessment actually increased. Worth checking into though, in case there is an error that you might wish to challenge.