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Residents say—assessment appeals process stacked against property owners; board hears concerns about vendor's cost model
Summary
Multiple Prince George County property owners told supervisors they cannot effectively appeal assessments because the county's vendor, Vision, used a cost-model approach while the county's appeal form asks for comparable sales. Speakers asked the county to improve transparency and consider biannual assessments or a three-person assessors panel.
Several Prince George County property owners used the board's public-comment period June 10 to press the Board of Supervisors for clearer valuation methods and fairer appeals after recent increases in assessments.
James Keller, a property owner who spoke during the public comment period, said the county's assessment vendor, Vision, used a cost model to set values while the Board of Equalization appeal form asks owners to submit comparable sales — a mismatch, he said, that leaves property owners at a disadvantage. "How does this constraint on the Board of Equalization give the property owner a fair…
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