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Search results for "assessed value" ...
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Hidden Disparities
This is Gebeloff's PowerPoint presentation on a study the Star-Ledger did that showed discrepancies in property tax rates along racial lines. Using databases and GIS they analyzed 66 different townships in New Jersey that demonstrated a trend; higher-value property owners tend to underpay and lower-value property owners to overpay taxes when properties are not frequently reassessed. The Star-Ledger showed that property values should be more accurately reassessed more often.
Tags: Mapping; GIS; CAR; property values; tax assessment; property taxes
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Land Grab: Property Records Tipsheet
Lisa Vorderbrueggen has 11 tips for how to find more information on property records, from befriending your local planners, being on a first-name basis with your county assessor, checking delinquent property tax lists, and real estate conflicts of interest.
Tags: property records; environmental impact reports; assessed value; public records; campaign contributions
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Exposing Property Tax Inequities
Dalton's tipsheet offers advice on how to calculate assessment ratio of homes, which databases to use and hot to tell the story.
Tags: property values; assessments; school districts; Var function; selling price; overtaxed; undertaxed; discounts to older homes