Jump in Abatement Requests from Residents
"Location, location, location" and improving economy see values jump as have applications.
Five minutes before 4 p.m. on Wednesday, the small waiting area in the Assessors' Office was crowded as several residents were scribbling in the final bits of information requested as everyone attempted to beat the 4 o'clock deadline to submit the form to challenge the valuation of their homes. And the day was busy from the start as 160 residents and business owners filed with the town to have their fiscal year 2012 real estate valuations reexamined. The number is about a 20 percent jump from last year when 130 took out applications, said Richard Simmons, the town's Assessing Administrator. "We usually see a jump whenever taxes increased for most residents," said Simmons. And this year, taxes for the vast majority of homeowners rose as a …
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