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County staff previews 2027 property revaluation, cites examples of steep local sales gains
Summary
County officials say revaluation notices for Alleghany County will take effect Jan. 1, 2027; staff have visited roughly 4,000 of about 15,000 parcels and presented recent sales showing large increases compared with 2021 assessed values.
County staff told the Alleghany County Board of Commissioners on July 21 that the county’s next full property revaluation will take effect Jan. 1, 2027, and described the methods that will set the new assessed values.
Joshua Clean, regional project manager for events and valuations, said the vendor has visited about 4,000 of the county’s roughly 15,000 parcels and expects to complete physical data collection in January 2026. "Reappraisal is the process in which all the real property in the county is reassessed for its current market value as of a particular date," he said, adding that notices will be mailed in late winter 2027.
The consultant told commissioners state law requires a reappraisal at least once every eight years and described mass‑appraisal methods and the appeals process. Clean said staff will rely on recent sales in Alleghany County to build models and that the schedule of values—a document the public can review—will later come to the board for a special vote.
Clean presented several sale examples comparing 2021 assessed values to recent sale prices to illustrate market shifts: a home on Chair Lane assessed at $145,500 in 2021 sold in June 2025 for $278,000 (a 91% increase); a new house in Piney Creek showed a 123% increase compared with the 2021 schedule of values; and other examples in Sparta and Cherry Lane showed increases from roughly 33% to more than 140% for selected properties. He cautioned the board that he did not yet have a countywide average because the sales analysis was incomplete.
During questions, Clean confirmed the vendor uses aerial imagery from a third‑party provider (EagleView) for exterior inspection and does not operate drones. He said the mass appraisal process prioritizes actual sale prices over listings when building models, and that taxpayers will retain a right to appeal values after notices are mailed.
The tax office noted the "schedule of values" is a legally required, public document that explains how rates and factors are applied; the board will vote on that schedule when it is complete. The revaluation’s effective date, the vendor said, will be 01/01/2027.
Next steps: the contractor will finish data collection in the winter of 2026, sales analysis and modeling will follow, and the schedule of values and notices will be produced and distributed ahead of the effective date.
