We have all done it. Opened a property tax bill and thought, at least for a moment, this assessment is so high it should be criminal. ...

Hanover property taxpayers alleged that sales chasing made the results of the revaluation illegal and violative of accepted standards of...

As written about previously, Citizen Exposes Flaws in Assessing Practices in Nashua, New Hampshire, a private citizen, Laurie Ortolano...

Yes, sometimes they can. A property may be subject to so many restrictions as to have no real value. Common area in a residential or...

In the context of real estate tax assessments in New Hampshire, the answer is “No.” We have seen tax assessors in some municipalities,...

As the summer starts to heat up, assessors and appraisal companies are conducting revaluations across New Hampshire. Some of the...

As reported by the Manchester Union Leader and the Nashua Telegraph, a Nashua city assessor is claimed to have been napping and driving...

Most real estate tax abatement cases heading to a final hearing require the testimony of an appraiser. Two, in fact: one for the...

Every parcel of real estate in the State of New Hampshire has an assessor’s record. Commonly, we would know that record as a ‘Property...

As written about in a previous blog, municipalities in NH are required to conduct revaluations every five years. The purpose of a...

A private citizen, Laurie Ortolano, discovered vastly different values for similar homes when she researched the assessments in Nashua,...

The most counterintuitive aspect of the property tax system is the equalization ratio. If a taxpayer has very reliable information that...

Published in the February, 2019 issue of the New Hampshire Bar News and on the New Hampshire Bar Association web site. The General Court...

Part II, Article 6 of the New Hampshire Constitution requires “that there shall be a valuation of the estates within the state taken anew...

Real estate appraisers and valuation professionals generally calculate property valuations using the three different methods of value: the c

Real estate appraisals are objective analyses and valuation of certain tracts of land, buildings, and/or other property for the purpose of a