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Orion · 08-15-2005, 09:35 AM

Dear Secondcurve,
I hope you meant $425K, not M in your original post.

Tuftonborough did a 100% re-evaluation this year, so the tax RATE should go down but the taxes shouldn't go up much, since it appears that the town is very frugally run.

My main concern is with the apparent inconsistency in the evaluation. The booklet in the mail lists all properties and values. It is clear that there are dramatic inconsistencies when comparing like properties. I know it's difficult to launch an army of appraisers and expect everything to be normalized in the end, but it appears that properties done by the same appraiser show this same inconsistency (i.e. higher value, higher quality properties with lower assessment than lesser properties). Maybe this is "normal" whenever a full assessment is done?

08-15-2005, 09:35 AM	#9
Orion Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: MA Posts: 914 Thanks: 602 Thanked 193 Times in 91 Posts	$425m !!!!! Dear Secondcurve, I hope you meant $425K, not M in your original post. Tuftonborough did a 100% re-evaluation this year, so the tax RATE should go down but the taxes shouldn't go up much, since it appears that the town is very frugally run. My main concern is with the apparent inconsistency in the evaluation. The booklet in the mail lists all properties and values. It is clear that there are dramatic inconsistencies when comparing like properties. I know it's difficult to launch an army of appraisers and expect everything to be normalized in the end, but it appears that properties done by the same appraiser show this same inconsistency (i.e. higher value, higher quality properties with lower assessment than lesser properties). Maybe this is "normal" whenever a full assessment is done?