Bow taxpayers: Check your recent assessments. I did. While the assessment on my land dropped (It was and is still overpriced for an acre), the assessment on my house went up approximately 2 percent. Other Bow property owners I spoken with have also noticed this. The assessor also added a fireplace which I do not have.
According to the Bow selectmen’s August 19 minutes, the person hired by the selectmen for assessing said that prices on homes sold so far in 2009 are 8 percent below last year. Condo sales are 16 percent lower. And Bow is currently assessed at 106 percent. What will stop the selectmen and the town from assessing at 200 percent? Or 500 percent?
If the value of my home based on sales has dropped 8 percent, then why is the town of Bow raising the assessment on my home by 2 percent? Trust me, when our tax bills come in December, they will hit us hard.
Call or write your selectmen now.
Bryan Milazzo
Bow
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Bow Assessments Questioned
Bow taxpayers: Check your recent assessments. I did. While the assessment on my land dropped (It was and is still overpriced for an acre), the assessment on my house went up approximately 2 percent. Other Bow property owners I spoken with have also noticed this. The assessor also added a fireplace which I do not have.
According to the Bow selectmen’s August 19 minutes, the person hired by the selectmen for assessing said that prices on homes sold so far in 2009 are 8 percent below last year. Condo sales are 16 percent lower. And Bow is currently assessed at 106 percent. What will stop the selectmen and the town from assessing at 200 percent? Or 500 percent?
If the value of my home based on sales has dropped 8 percent, then why is the town of Bow raising the assessment on my home by 2 percent? Trust me, when our tax bills come in December, they will hit us hard.
Call or write your selectmen now.
Bryan Milazzo
Bow
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