This the first post in a series about property revaluation in Jersey City. Jersey City has been growing at a breakneck ...
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This is part of an ongoing series about property revaluation in Jersey City. In my last post, I explained how Jersey City’s ...
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This is part of an ongoing series about property revaluation in Jersey City. Please note, an update given new state tax data ...
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This is part of an ongoing series about property revaluation in Jersey City. Note: this post presumes an understanding of the equalization ...
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This post is part of an ongoing series about property revaluation in Jersey City. I partnered with CivicJC to create an interactive map ...
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This post is meant to help a taxpayer get a jump-start on determining: is my property over-assessed? This post is ...
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An Analysis of 2015 Jersey City Property Sales – by Ward
This is a guest post from Jersey City resident and mortgage industry professional Susan Kulakowski. Susan reached out to me after reading ...
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Fulop’s Spokesperson Wrong on Property Tax Appeals Logic
Steven Fulop’s press person, Jennifer Morrill, made an egregious error on the record this month when she characterized tax appeals as ...
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Jersey City Revaluation: Intro from ASI Inc, the firm doing the Revaluation
I attended the Ward “A” revaluation meeting on April 3rd and had a chance to listen to a representative from ...
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Jersey City Revaluation: Interactive Map Now Available from ASI, Inc.
Jersey City is undergoing a multi-month Revaluation process and appraisal firm ASI, Inc. is currently assessing all properties throughout the city ...
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Jersey City Together Helped Homeowners Save $40,000+ via Tax Appeal Workshops
Jersey City Together Tax Appeal Workshop. In March 2017 I worked with a team of Jersey City Together leaders to ...
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Who/What/When/Where/Why of Property Revaluation
WHO conducted Jersey City’s property revaluation? In 2016 Jersey City hired Appraisal Systems, Inc. for $4.4 million to conduct the ...
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Why Property Revaluation is a Social Justice Imperative in Jersey City
Jersey City property taxes, as seen through state compliance data: Jersey City’s last citywide revaluation was in 1988. Jersey City’s ...
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Am I Paying Too Much in Property Tax?
Figure out your ASSESSED value ASSESSED Value = Your home’s value according to the GOVERNMENT. Your assessed value is what ...
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Jersey City 2017 Sales for Class “2” (1-4 Family) Properties, Mapped
This post is part of my effort to share information about Jersey City’s Property Revaluation. I wrote a Revaluation series ...
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Property Tax & Revaluation Workshop: WHAT is Revaluation? (YouTube Video)
Learn the basics about property revaluation in this 8-minute CivicParent tutorial: ...
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Property Tax Revaluation: Will my property tax expense go up or down? (YouTube Video)
Learn how to compute if your property tax expense will go up or down in a citywide revaluation. It’s helpful ...
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JerseyCity Revaluation Update: Society Hill Highlighted
Updated: Feb 19, 2018. Appraisal Systems today published on its website an updated assessments file with about 1,950 new properties ...
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Property Tax Rate Math: A Quick Breakdown
Understanding the Tax Rate that Drives Your Property Tax Expense General Tax Rate = Total Levy / Tax Base. February ...
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Quick Analysis: Tax Expense Change on the West Side, south of Lincoln Park
February 27, 2018. Appraisal Systems released a new batch of assessments this morning and I was most curious about tax ...
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Country Village Revaluation Update: $3+ Million Estimated Tax Expense Reduction (and counting…)
Country Village / Our Lady of Mercy Revaluation Update: $3 million tax expense reduction (and counting...) for selected blocks March ...
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Property Revaluation Update: 202 out of 206 Homes on Neptune Ave in Greenville #JerseyCity were Over-Taxed.
I've got another Revaluation update, this one focused on Neptune Avenue which is an East/West street that stretches pretty much ...
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Making Sense of Your New Tax Post Card
I received my new tax postcard in the mail yesterday so I figured I’d share a breakdown of how to ...
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Jersey City Property Tax Appeals: A Civic Step-by-Step Overview
For the past 4 years I’ve been researching and writing about property taxes and revaluation (among other topics) on CivicParent ...
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Demand Fair Property Taxation: Using the Equalization Ratio as a Civic Tool
How can taxpayers ensure that local municipal and county governments are keeping property taxes fair and balanced? This excerpt is ...
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Open Letter/Comments to Mayor Fulop & City Council: What is being done to pressure-test the need for another citywide revaluation?
Sharing an open letter and thoughts that I read into the record at the City Council meeting on Oct 7, ...
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