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Arlington BOE cuts assessment to appellant's sale price after owner appeal
Summary
After hearing that the home closed in an open-market sale, the Arlington County Board of Equalization voted unanimously to reduce the 2026 assessment to the appellant's recorded sale price; the record shows the finalized assessment as transcribed in the hearing record.
The Arlington County Board of Equalization voted unanimously to reduce the 2026 assessment for a residential parcel (RPC07043005) to the appellant's sales price after the homeowner presented sale documentation and comparables.
The appellant, Mr. Bear, told the board he purchased the house on March 21, 2025, in an arm20length transaction and said the sale is "the most accurate indicator of the property's value," noting the county's assessed value exceeded that sale by roughly 105.5 percent. County appraiser Mr. Padaluna said inspectors conducted interior and exterior reviews, made minor property-record corrections (an $800 improvement reduction) and argued that several new-construction comparables produced lower assessment-to-sale ratios, making the subject an outlier in the county's view.
Board members questioned the listing history and days on market (county staff said the property was listed for 241 days) and reviewed the comparables cited by both sides. After discussion, a board member moved to reduce the assessment to the sales price; Mr. Mendes seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. The hearing transcript records the final reduced assessment as the sales price and includes the number as transcribed in the record ("2,90,000"), which appears in the audio transcript; the figure is recorded as spoken in the hearing record.
The board did not indicate any additional follow-up; staff will reflect the change for billing/credit procedures as explained at the hearing.
