The property tax assessments for most Hamilton County homeowners rose this year by the biggest amount in at least eight years, but fewer homeowners are appealing their reappraisals than in previous assessment periods.
The Hamilton County Board of Equalization began hearing appeals of local property assessments last week and will continue hearing cases and accepting appeals through at least next week.
Hamilton County Assessor Marty Haynes said Tuesday the number of such appeals to the five-member board of equalization is the lowest in decades. So far, only about 135 of the 146,000 residential properties reappraised last year by county assessors have been appealed to the local board of equalization.
“It’s still only about one-tenth of 1 percent of all properties, which I am told by those who have been around here for decades that it is one of the lowest rates of appeals that anyone can remember,” Haynes said.
Haynes said his office, which includes four state-certified assessors and plans for a couple more this year, included aerial map reviews of all properties for the first time in the current reappraisal cycle.