Alamance tax office previews 2027 countywide revaluation and timeline

Alamance County tax staff and their contracted valuation firm previewed the county’s 2027 property revaluation and outlined the timeline and methodology.

Brad Fowler, the county tax administrator, said the county is responsible for more than 79,000 parcels and expects the total to exceed 80,000 by Jan. 1, 2027. He said the county accelerated its cycle to a four-year schedule and emphasized revaluation’s role in redistributing tax burden to reflect current market values.

Ryan Vincent of Vincent Valuations described operational steps: field data collection (measuring structures and collecting building details), importing data into the county tax system, building schedule-of-values models and running sales-ratio analyses to target assessments at 100% of market value as of Jan. 1, 2027. Vincent said the team had performed nearly 60,000 field visits and several thousand vacant-parcel visits to date and expected data collection to wrap up in one to two months.

The presenters gave examples showing recent sale-to-assessment differences across property types and municipalities, and cautioned that sales in the months before Jan. 1, 2027 will affect final values. Fowler said the schedule of values will come before the board in the fall, notices will be mailed in late winter 2027, and the appeals process will begin after notices are mailed.

Commissioners asked about homestead and deferral programs, and Fowler summarized eligibility: the low-income/senior homestead provision generally requires age 65 or older, ownership as of Jan. 1 and combined income limits (transcript figure provided), and qualifies for a 50% reduction in the tax bill if eligible. He also explained the circuit-breaker deferral program and its repayment conditions.

Officials urged residents to review notices when they arrive and to use the appeals process if they believe a property value is incorrect.