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Durham tax administrator outlines 2025 general reappraisal, warns of steep value increases and explains appeals process
Summary
Durham County Tax Administration presented the county's 2025 reappraisal timeline, market findings and appeals process at the Feb. 10 Board of Commissioners meeting, noting large increases in median sale prices and describing tax-relief options and key deadlines.
Keyardo, Durham County's tax administrator, presented the county's 2025 general reappraisal at the Board of County Commissioners meeting on Feb. 10, 2025, explaining the legal requirement to reappraise and giving dates for notice mailings, appeals and the Board of Equalization and Review.
The presentation warned that Durham property values have climbed sharply since the last reappraisal in 2019: the countywide median sale price rose from about $240,000 in 2019 to roughly $416,000 as of December 2024. Keyardo said the reappraisal's goal is "to bring all property values to a hundred percent market value," and repeated the state requirement that counties reappraise at least once every eight years under North Carolina General Statute 105.286.
The tax administrator detailed the reappraisal timetable: change-of-value notices will be mailed to owners on or about March 1; the online appeal module will open March 3 for 2025 appeals; informational meetings for property owners will run March 11'March 25 (including weekday and Saturday sessions); the Board of Equalization and Review will convene May 5 and is scheduled to adjourn June 16.
Keyardo described recent market examples to illustrate the scale of change:…
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