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Hernando County magistrate hears multiple home-value appeals; recommendations to Value Adjustment Board expected
Summary
A special magistrate in Hernando County heard five residential property-value appeals on Jan. 26, 2026. Property-appraiser staff and homeowners clashed over comparable sales and methodological adjustments; the magistrate said she will review the evidence and issue recommendations to the Value Adjustment Board within weeks.
Colleen Millett, special magistrate, heard five residential property-value appeals for Hernando County on Monday, Jan. 26, 2026, receiving evidence and testimony from Hernando County Property Appraiser’s Office representatives Brandon Jimenez and Doug Mack and from petitioners contesting 2025 assessments.
The magistrate opened the first case, petition 25-430 (1070 Shenandoah Lane, Spring Hill), and admitted the appraiser’s packet as PAOA. Doug Mack summarized the office’s sales-comparison analysis for the subject property and said the office “believe[s] we have demonstrated that we have the preponderance of evidence that the subject’s value represents just value.” Mack reported a 2025 just value of $350,131, an assessed value of $350,131, and a taxable value of $299,409 and said field review on Aug. 12, 2024, led to a seven-year effective-age adjustment for a reroof and AC replacement.
Petitioner Joshua Lee Long presented an independent lender appraisal that concluded a value of $327,000 and flagged a comparable sale at 1171 Lodge Circle that he said sold for about $310,000 — below the appraiser’s listed…
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