Lower My Property Assessment, Please
A temporary sign taped to the permanent Community Television Network sign was guiding hundreds of residents to the Board of Review, which met last week at CTN's offices on South Industrial. More meetings are set for early next week.
One Ann Arbor resident had just refinanced in January, and politely told the city Board of Review she was “shocked” when she got her assessment in the mail this month – the city had valued her home far higher than had the appraiser, and she didn’t think that was fair. She handed the three board members a copy of the appraisal.
It didn’t take much more to convince them to lower her assessed value. “You did it!” board member Doris Preston told her.
“Really?” she said, looking startled. [Full Story]