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01/26/2009 - www.americantowns.com
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01/13/2009 - TaxPeel News
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National News

Homeowners See U.S. Taxes Rise as Property Values Sink Amid Deficits

03/12/2009 - Bloomberg.com
“The value you pay your taxes on went up while market value went down on half our properties,” said Chris Jones, the appraiser for Escambia County in Florida’s northwest tip. “Try to explain that to a homeowner.” Read More
Table: Who Pays America's Highest Property Taxes?

01/23/2009 - Forbes.com
Calls Grow to Cap Property Taxes

01/05/2009 - Wall Street Journal
"We just can't afford these increases in property taxes." Read More
More Owners Appeal Property Tax Value; Get Tax Break

12/12/2008 - Associated Press/MSN Money Central
Standing Fast Amid Financial Storms

08/01/2008 - Business Week
Seeking Lower Taxes As Your House Value Falls

07/20/2008 - Wall Street Journal
Lower Your Property Taxes

07/14/2008 - CNN Money
Three Steps to cut Your Property Taxes

07/08/2008 - Wall Street Journal
What Goes Up Might Come Down

05/17/2008 - Newsweek
Understanding Property Taxes

04/22/2008 - Wikipedia
A Wikipedia description of how property taxes work. Read More
Assessor Complains About His Assessment

04/09/2008 - FoxNews.com
Property taxes too high? File an appeal

04/07/2008 - Inman News
Chances of reducing home's tax value greater in declining market Read More
7 Ways To Fight Property Taxes

02/02/2008 - CNN Money
Are You Paying Too Much Property Tax?

10/20/2007 - CBS News
Early Show Personal Finance Guru Ray Martin Tells You How To Find Out -- And If So, How You Can Fix It Read More
Are You Paying Too Much In Property Taxes?

06/13/2007 - Bankrate.com/MSN Money
You could be paying more than you owe in property taxes. Read More
Property Taxes Up as House Prices Fall

04/24/2007 - USA Today
Property Taxes: Where does your state rank?

02/07/2007 - MSN Money
How to Fight Your Ballooning Property Tax

Local News

Cuyahoga County Auditor Frank Russo appoints sister of his housemate to share supervision at the Board of Revision

09/01/2010 - Clevelad.com
Auditor Frank Russo picked the sister of his longtime housemate to share supervision of the scandal-plagued county boards that decide appeals of property assessments. Read More
Cuyahoga County's boards of revision violated state law by ruling on property assessments behind closed doors, according to a legal opinion

08/31/2010 - Cleveland.com
Cuyahoga County's boards of revision violated state law by ruling on thousands of challenged property values without holding hearings with the property owners, according to a legal opinion (pdf) commissioned by the county prosecutor. Read More
Pay attention to your property valuation notices

08/31/2010 - al.com
I knew something was wrong. A few weeks ago I received the annual property tax valuation for our home and discovered the value had surged in this declining real estate market by nearly four percent over appraisals for the past two years. Read More
Secretive and possibly illegal process was used to decide nearly 26,000 challenges to Cuyahoga County property values

08/22/2010 - cleveland.com
A newspaper investigation of county records shows that of the 78,000 home and business owners who have formally challenged their tax assessments since March 2007, 17,500 -- including the county prosecutor and four members of the boards -- had their values lowered by one, two or three members of a board without a hearing. An additional 8,400 taxpayers had their claims rejected without being given a chance to argue their cases. Read More
Cuyahoga County panels spend too little time on taxpayer appeals of property assessments, an administrator says

08/20/2010 - Cleveland.com
By rushing to clear cases, boards that hear taxpayer challenges of property assessments in Cuyahoga County devote only a fraction of the time needed to render fair decisions, a board administrator said Friday. Read More
After slew of tax appeals, South Orange must borrow to repay owners

11/30/2009 - www.nj.com Star Ledger New Jersey
Assessment complaint reviews nearly finished

11/30/2009 - The News-Gazette.com Illinois
The majority of those challenging their assessment will get some kind of positive outcome from the Champaign County Board of Review. Read More
Tax Appeal Board may face overwhelming number of cases

11/30/2009 - Billings Gazette, Billings MT
Gallatin County flooded with tax appeals

11/30/2009 - Montana's News Station.com
2009 property appeals face additional delay: last year's late filers

11/30/2009 - Miami Today, Miami FL
With 141,000 tax appeals already counted — and add to that the last-minute cases that can result from late filing — it's going to take a while for the 41 magistrates scheduled to hear 2009 cases to get the job done. That's especially true because some of last year's record-setting 102,000 tax appeals are still awaiting hearings. Read More
Millburn is hit with $1 billion in property tax appeals

11/30/2009 - www.nj.com
The appeals are being filed by homeowners who have seen the value of their homes slide, sometimes by 20, 30 or 40 percent due to the economy. Read More
Taxpayer Appeals Hit State Logjam

03/13/2009 - DetNews.com - Detroit,MI,USA
The Michigan Tax Tribunal has a 22,000-case logjam choking its property tax appeal docket, due to staff cuts, a limping economy and growing frustration over higher tax bills when home values are dropping. Read More
Real Estate Values Declined 34%; What About Your Property Taxes?

02/21/2009 - examiner.com
This year you should carefully review your property valuation notice. It stands to reason that if property resale values have fallen by 34% over the last year that property valuations and property taxes should fall by 34%. Read More
Why Aren't Your Property Tax Assessments Dropping?

01/30/2009 - TheDenverChannel.com Denver, CO
While Colorado property owners know their home values are falling, they may be surprised to learn that their taxes haven't changed. Read More
Real Estate Crisis May Lower Your Property Tax Bill

01/30/2009 - Newsday.com Long Island, NY
The crippled real estate market should make most everyone's property values take a nose-dive this year. The one silver lining - you might have a shot at lowering your property taxes. Read More
Property Taxes Defy Gravity

01/26/2009 - Staten Island Advance - SILive.com, NY
With the good ol' days of a raging real estate market now but a withered memory, homeowners and lawmakers are bristling about the property tax assessments released online by the city and slated to arrive in mailboxes. Read More
Assessor Objects To Mayor's Tax Letter

01/18/2009 - Sun-Times News Group Chicago, IL
Reassessment Suit Is On Way, Activist Claims

01/12/2009 - Times Leader Wilkes-Barre PA
Tax Appeal Mania Not Fading Away

01/12/2009 - NorthJersey.com Hackensack, NJ
Bracing For Property Tax Break Pleas

01/11/2009 - Las Vegas Sun Las Vegas, NV
In these rough economic times, no one wants to pay higher tax bills. Read More
Latest property tax bill too high? How to challenge your property valuation

01/07/2009 - wkyc.com Cleveland, OH
Norwalk Homeowners Decry Valuations

01/06/2009 - The Hour.com Norwalk, CT
Property Value Notices to Hit Mailboxes This Week

01/03/2009 - Dayton Daily News Dayton, OH
Assessing Assessments

01/01/2009 - Baltimore Sun Baltimore, MD
When Home Prices Fall, Taxes Can

12/30/2008 - Atlanta Journal Constitution Atlanta, GA
Baldwin County, Ala., Property Tax Appeals Climb

12/27/2008 - Press Register
Thousands of letters poured in to the Balwin County Revenue Commissioner's office.. Read More
Assessments Hit Home This Month

12/25/2008 - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Milwaukee, WI
Homeowners appeal, get tax breaks

12/15/2008 - Vindy.com - Cleveland (AP)
Some are winning cuts worth hundreds of dollars in taxes.. Read More
Trying to Explain Property Tax Valuations Can Be Daunting

12/13/2008 - Northwest Herald, IL
"It just didn’t make sense that it would go up when home prices were dropping in a bad economy" Read More
Headaches For Homeowners

08/15/2008 - Forsythenews.com - Cumming, GA
In Tough Times, Many Look To Revise Home Values

08/03/2008 - The Tribune Chronicle -Warren, OH
State Should Look At Tax Policy

07/27/2008 - North Lake Tahoe Bonanza - Incline Village, NV

Other News

Interview - The Color of Money: Property Taxes

04/22/2008 - NPR (Audio)

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