As the summer starts to heat up, assessors and appraisal companies are conducting revaluations across New Hampshire. Some of the communities that are conducting revaluations include Portsmouth, Claremont, Dover, Bow, Newmarket, Rochester and Somersworth. Property owners may receive requests to inspect your property from assessors or appraisal companies hired by municipalities to conduct revaluations. Revaluations are required by the New Hampshire Constitution at least as of

As written about in a previous blog, municipalities in NH are required to conduct revaluations every five years. The purpose of a revaluation is to bring the assessed value of each property up to or as close as possible to its fair market value in order that taxes are fairly assessed. During a period of revaluations taxpayers should pay particular attention to their property values as a revaluation offers property owners an opportunity to favorably influence their assessed