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Northumberland reassessment to take effect Jan. 1, 2026; assessor warns large average increases
Summary
County assessor Fred Pearson told the Board of Supervisors that the 2026 reassessment will reflect large market gains, estimating average increases of roughly 70% overall and larger percent increases for higher-value waterfront properties. Notices will go out in late October to early November.
Fred Pearson, the reassessment lead for Northumberland County, told the Board of Supervisors on Aug. 14 that the county's property reassessment will take effect Jan. 1, 2026, and reflect sharply higher market values.
'Your reassessment will go into effect 01/01/2026,' Pearson said, adding that he had completed an initial sales study and was still adding July, August and September sales to the dataset. Pearson described steep, uneven increases across housing types: waterfront homes generally facing an average increase of about 70 percent overall,…
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