We do all the hard work for you, in seconds
The analysis process is complex and requires significant research – the good news is our automated property tax analysis system does the hard work for you. Below are the key pieces of our process:
How to appeal your property taxes:
- Find your property
- Look-up your property information at the county
- Understand your county’s property tax assessment and property tax appeal rules and regulations
- Determine the relevant time frames for your property’s assessment and appeal
- Locate comparable homes sales data
- Determine comparable homes sales data time frames
- Disqualify and remove comparable homes foreclosures and short-sales
- Process the county’s rules and regulations against your property and comparable home sales
- Calculate whether or not your property is overassessed or not
Next steps
If your property is overassessed, our Property Tax Appeal Evidence Report gives you the information necessary to lower your taxes, guaranteed.
ValueAppeal thinks my house is only worth how much!?!
- ValueAppeal offers evidence to prove the lowest supportable assessed value as of a particular point in time each year called the "assessment date" or "lien date".
- ValueAppeal does NOT offer evidence to support the market value of any property as of any point in time.
- ValueAppeal does NOT offer an opinion of the market value of any property at any point in time.
- ValueAppeal is NOT an appraiser.
- Our only goal is to reduce the assessed value of your home.
- A homeowner should not use our revised assessed value for the purpose of determining the appropriate purchase or sale price for any particular property.
Can I really save that much?
Your estimated savings is based on the average selling price of the actual comparable sales we’ve identified as specific evidence for lowering your particular assessment.
ValueAppeal only allows you to purchase our report if we’re confident you have strong evidence for winning your appeal. That means we have five to ten comparable properties that sold for less than your home is assessed for.
We have a 100% money back guarantee if you lose your appeal so it doesn’t do us any good to recommend that you appeal if you don’t have a strong case.
What is my guarantee of success?
ValueAppeal can't guarantee that you will win your appeal. No one could guarantee that.
ValueAppeal can guarantee to give you 100% of your fee back if you lose your appeal using our Evidence Report.
Using our Appeal Evidence Report we estimate you have an 80% chance of lowering your assessed value.
What is the relationship between an assessed property valuation and taxes?
Local tax jurisdictions use assessments to determine what tax rate they must set to raise the revenue they need to pay for public services. If property valuations go down overall in a particular year, the region will likely raise the tax rate on all properties so they still have enough revenue to pay for public services.
What is an assessment appeal?
An assessment appeal is a process whereby you can appeal your property's assessed value to a review board. This board will review the information you present to justify a lower property tax valuation and then determine if your request is justified.
How do you value my home?
We use the comparable sales valuation method only. We do not use the income method, or replacement cost method in our analysis.
Do you use rules of thumb?
No. A rule of thumb is a perception based on experience or practice rather than on evidence or knowledge. Rules of thumb, or preconceived conclusions, are completely inappropriate in an assessment appeals hearing.
Do you address allocation of value disputes?
No. We only provide our opinion of the total value of the property. For example, you may agree with the region’s overall valuation of your property, but not agree with how the region has allocated the value between the land and the improvements. Our comps may support your argument but they are not intended for that purpose and a failed appeal for reallocation will not earn a refund of our fee.
