After years of anticipation and preparation, Sussex Countyâs property reassessment process has concluded with minimal controversy. As of March 31, the deadline for property owners to appeal their updated assessments, fewer than 800 appeals were submittedâless than 1% of the nearly 200,000 residential and commercial properties in the county. “We did think since there hasnât been a reassessment done in …
Sussex County is nearing the completion of its extensive property reassessment project, which has been underway for several years. The reassessment, which covers nearly 200,000 parcels across the county, is a crucial step in ensuring fair and accurate property valuations, following a 2018 education funding lawsuit. The NAACP of Delaware and Delawareans for Educational Opportunity filed a lawsuit against the …
Homeowners throughout New Castle County have just received property reassessment letters giving them the ânew tentative assessed valueâ of their property. And theyâre mostly upset, judging from comments on Facebook, because the change is huge and they fear their taxes will go up as much. Thatâs wrong. âThe tax rate will decrease; therefore, DO NOT multiply your new tentative assessed …
The homeowners of Sussex County can expect to receive the long-awaited letters of property reassessment this fall. âKent County is actually a year ahead of us, so ours is not going to be complete until this time next year,â said Chris Keeler, director of assessment for Sussex County, âSo it’ll be spring of 2025 before the project is completed, and …
Kim Patterson Luton of Dover got a Christmas present nobody would want: A letter detailing the new reassessment of her familyâs property. The letter, which arrived in mid-December, concerned property built in 2005 and long assessed at $59,300. Under the new evaluation, her home is assessed at an eye-popping $419,300.  âMy husband and I are seniors and living on fixed …
A bill that would ban a local school tax increase after the statewide property reassessment is completed was tabled Wednesday in the House Educaiton Committee after a lengthy discussion. House Bill 42, sponsored by Rep. Mike Smith, R-Pike Creek, would remove the up-to-10% increase in school property taxes that current law would allow schools boards to levy. Rep. Rich Collins, …
