NATIONAL

Your Next Home Might be Appraised by a Robot Wall Street Journal “Software is eating real estate,” said Jeremy Sicklick, chief executive of ... Appraisals for a single-family home typically cost between $375 and $900.

CALIFORNIA

Despite soaring prices, some Bay Area homes still have recession-era property tax break San Francisco Chronicle Statewide, they make up about 8% of all secured parcels, according to a survey by the California Assessors' Association. In the Bay Area, they account ...

ILLINOIS

Burke steps down from property tax appeals business, Madigan remains Illinois Policy Ald. Ed Burke has long been criticized for operating a lucrative law business in the politically clouted world of Cook County property tax appeals, ...

NEW HAMPSHIRE

Hanover property owners call for redo of town's sky-high assessments Valley News “In more than 20 years I've never heard of more than 30 to 40 abatements being filed,” McLaughry said during an interview at his office in Hanover last ...

PENNSYLVANIA

How Northampton Area School District hopes to get $3 million-$4 million from FedEx Ground ... Allentown Morning Call Northampton Area School District is moving forward with a host of property tax assessment appeals that include major industrial developments.

TEXAS

Despite pushback, Travis Central Appraisal District is sticking to new property tax protest process KVUE.com The Travis Central Appraisal District (TCAD) did away with face-to-face, informal protests this year. Now, it's all done online. Spiller said he went ...

HCAD property value protests at highest level in years  Midland Reporter-Telegram  HCAD was established by the state in 1980 to appraise properties for ad valorem tax purposes for each taxing entity within the district's boundaries.

WISCONSIN

Property assessments rise countywide, could affect property taxes Journal Times “What you are seeing is a very strong market due to the shortage of housing,” Jim Henke, an assessor who works with several of the county's smaller ...