Brusniak Turner Fine Updates 3/3/2021

NATIONAL

Mall Values Plunge 60% After Reappraisals Triggered by Bad Debt Bloomberg U.S. mall values plunged an average 60% after appraisals in 2020, a sign of more pain to come for retail properties even as the economy emerges from pandemic-enforced lockdowns.

FLORIDA

'It is unjust' | Church fights property appraiser over tax exempted status FirstCoastNews.com WTLV-WJXX "I don't see any legitimacy for their efforts to tax us," Thorpe said. Even thought it is still church property and was exempted from paying property taxes, ...

ILLINOIS

Kaegi slams foes, vows to revamp Chicago property assessments Crain's Chicago Business It's full speed ahead in the city despite opponents who benefit from "structural racism," says the Cook County assessor.

IOWA

Waterloo City Council approves max 8% property tax increase from last fiscal year Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier The added collections were approved as the max levy, or the highest amount the city could approve for property tax collections to the general fund. City ...

NEBRASKA

Omaha businesses hit with high property tax tab WOWT Douglas County Assessor and Register of Deeds, Diane Battiato say there's more to determining the value of commercial and industrial property than ...

NORTH CAROLINA

Major increase in property values coming for Haywood Smoky Mountain News “Currently, what we're seeing is a 25 to 30 percent increase,” said Judy Hickman, Haywood County's tax assessor. Hickman's statement, delivered to ...

TEXAS

County Commissioners Consider Request For A Property Tax Payment Refund  KSST  “I have to do refunds all the time for things from the Appraisal District, but I don't ever have customers that pay other people's accounts that come back ...

WISCONSIN

League of Wisconsin Municipalities: Supreme court refuses 'dark store' case UpperMichigansSource.com ... explicit directive that the assessor “should avoid using sales of improved properties that are vacant ('dark') or distressed as comparable sales unless ...