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Board upholds county's revised assessment 4–1 after Triantos appeal
Summary
After a prolonged listing and a single offer, the appellant argued market evidence supported a much lower valuation; the board voted 4–1 to confirm the county's revised 2026 assessment value.
The Arlington County Board of Equalization voted 4–1 to confirm the county's revised 2026 assessment for RPC04021 following oral argument from the property owner, Jim Triantos, and a staff presentation.
Triantos said his 3830 property was listed for roughly 2 years and 8 months with one offer of $2.6 million and argued the long time-on-market and the offer demonstrate the market's view of value. County staff told the board they conducted inspections, adjusted the property's quality from IV+ to IV and concluded that the subject sale(s) were outliers; staff recommended confirming the revised assessment (the hearing transcript records the county's revised figure as "3,49,900").
Board members discussed whether an unaccepted offer should drive assessment reductions, the role of time-on-market, and the weight to give to county comparables. The motion to confirm the county's revised assessed value passed 4–1, with one dissent noted in the record. The board directed the county's assessment office to reflect the confirmation in billing and to include the appraisal changes in next year's records.
