How to Appeal Property Taxes in Cuyahoga County, Ohio How Do You Appeal Property Taxes? A Guide to Successful Real Estate Tax Appeals As a property owner in Cuyahoga County, the triennial and sexennial reappraisal processes can bring significant changes to your real estate tax obligations. At Fast Appraisals Read More Getting a Fair Appraisal for Your Divorce Property values are on the rise. It didn't take long for interest rates, gas prices, the cost of food and household goods to follow. What's next on the rise? The divorce rates in Ohio. A recent article, "Divorce Filings rise Read More Appealing Your 2021 Cuyahoga County Property Valuation. As covered this week in the Cleveland.com article, "Cuyahoga County home values increase 16% in 2021 reappraisal," results of Cuyahoga County's triennial reappraisal are arriving in mailboxes this week. The article lists the city-by-city valuation table provided in the dark Read More I Have a Home Inspection Report, Why Do I Need an Appraisal? A lot of people think the home appraisal and a home inspection are the same. But that is not the case. The simplest way to remember the difference is to think: The home inspection is for the buyer. The home Read More Alternative Appraisals: Curbside Appraisals, Drive-By Appraisals, Desktop Appraisals, Hybrid Appraisals…. On March 23rd the Federal Housing Finance Agency, or FHFA, released a rule directing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to allow alternative appraisals as a result of the coronavirus outbreak through May 17th, 2020. (FHFA News Release) "To allow for Read More Our Home Appraisers Take Precautions for Coronavirus Pandemic At Fast Appraisals, we are committed to the needs of our customers including, but not limited to, homeowners, mortgage professionals, and other real estate professionals. 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I’m in Read More Appraisal for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy: Providing Expert Witness Testimony. Are you filing bankruptcy and wondering how to value your home? Is it the market price? Is it what the county has it appraised for tax assessments? Will you have to use the prices neighbors are listing their house for Read More Appealing Your Summit County, Ohio Property Tax Values In Summit County Ohio, the county including Akron, Fairlawn, Hudson, Twinsburg, Stow, Cuyahoga Falls and others, there are approximately 270,000 taxable parcels of land.There are two major factors that influence the amount of real estate taxes a Summit County property owner Read More Geauga County Property Appraisal: How to Dispute Your Tax Valuation Geauga County Auditor Frank J. Gliha recently published a press release, “2017 REAL ESTATE APPRAISAL PROPERTY VISITS” and updated the Geauga County Auditor’s website to let property owners and residents know that beginning this fall, and continuing for the next 18 Read More Medina, OH: Appealing County Auditor Tax Valuation or Appraisal Medina County has more than 82,000 separate parcels of real estate property. It is the duty of the Auditor to see that every parcel of land, and the buildings thereon, are fairly and uniformly appraised and then assessed for tax purposes. Read More Lake County: Appealing Your Tax Assessed Property Value In the state of Ohio county auditors are responsible for assessing the market value of each land parcel to determine the amount at which the owner is charged a property tax. As any home owner knows it’s this revenue that Read More Property Tax Assessment: How to Challenge the Value & File an Appeal At Fast Appraisals we are not real estate attorneys or tax attorneys and we do not represent the government in anyway (other than being licensed by the state of Ohio), however over the decades of doing home appraisals for tax Read More Do You Need a Home Appraisal for Your Divorce? The process of going through a divorce is generally not pleasurable – but assessing the value of your property doesn’t have to be a hurdle. Although a divorce will require a professional assessment of what your marital property is worth, Read More The Property Tax Appeal Process: An Appraiser’s Perspective Cuyahoga County Board of Tax Appeals (Recent update to tax appeal content: 2021 Cuyahoga County Tax Appraisals) For my first blog post I wanted to share my experiences with the Cuyahoga County Board of Tax Appeals. One of the many Read More
