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Assessment
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is an increase of 64%.”
Mr. Huff said his assessment went from $197,700 to $304,400. “The most significant increase is in my house. It was $136,700 and now is $208,900.”
He said that due to the “significant increase” in the assessment of his property and that he didn’t make any major improvements except replacing a deck, he questioned if someone actually came to his property to carefully look it over.
“This leads me to believe it was a ‘drive-by’ assessment,” he said.
Tommy and Joyce Brown of Slate Mills, who also were waiting to speak to an assessor, said their assessment on their house and one acre lot went up 40% from $110,000 to $160,200. The land went from $20,000 to $37,000.
They said they didn’t understand why there was such an increase because
96.5%