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Board grants short postponements, hears RB Realty appraisals and assessor corrections

Elkhart County Property Tax Assessment Board of Appeals · March 17, 2026
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Summary

Representatives for RB Realty presented valuations for several vacant commercial parcels in Elkhart County; the assessor described data corrections from field visits and the board granted 30‑day extensions on multiple petitions to allow further review and appraisal work.

Elkhart County’s appeals board on March 17 took up several petitions from RB Realty challenging 2024–25 assessments for multiple commercial parcels in Elkhart and Middlebury. Petitioner appraiser Beth presented three approaches to value — income, sales-comparison and cost — and argued for functional and economic obsolescence because buildings have been vacant for years, have experienced theft and require substantial rehabilitation. For one parcel the petitioner’s…

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