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Special magistrate hears 15 residential valuation petitions; appraisers defend assessed values
Summary
Richard Steeves, appointed special magistrate for the Orlando County Value Adjustment Board, presided over a hearing on 15 residential valuation petitions. Petitioners, represented by Natasha Elliott, repeatedly presented lower market-value opinions while property appraisers Brandon Jimenez and Doug Mack defended the county assessments and questioned specific comparables.
Richard Steeves, the appointed special magistrate by the Orlando County Value Adjustment Board, opened a hearing on 15 residential property valuation petitions and administered the oath to all parties.
The session centered on contested assessed values for single-family homes in Spring Hill, Brooksville and Weeki Wachee. Petitioners, represented on the record by Natasha Elliott, presented market-value packets and opinion-of-value figures for multiple parcels; county property appraisers, identified on the record as Brandon Jimenez and Doug Mack, described their sales-comparison analyses, field reviews and adjustments.
Why it matters: outcomes of these hearings determine whether assessed values — and therefore property taxes — are changed for individual homeowners. The transcript shows repeated exchanges about which comparable…
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