August 6, 2009
Neighbor’s garage results in 50% drop in property assessment
In a news story http://www.gazette.net/stories/08052009/bethnew200940_32530.shtml a Maryland man successfully argued for a 50 percent drop in his property assessment because the building significantly damaged his property value.
The county’s Property Tax Appeal Board ordered on June 23 that Cunningham’s property tax assessment be reduced 50 percent to $452,000. The board changed the assessment “due to the appalling condition of the next door residence and its demonstrated negative effect on the value of neighboring properties.”
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