Recent Press » Judge says Allegheny County can keep 2002 assessments by Jerome L. Sherman, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - March 15, 2006 A judge ruled today that Allegheny County's attempts to stick with 2002 property assessments are legal, meaning homeowners may not see value changes for years to come. In a decision involving lawsuits filed last year, Common Pleas Judge R. Stanton Wettick Jr. said state law allows all of Pennsylvania's 67 counties to choose between doing regular reassessments or creating a "base year." Learn More » Some recent home-buyers caught in assessment limbo by Jerome L. Sherman, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - December 30, 2005 Some recent home-buyers who thought they escaped a higher property assessment for 2006 are getting a big surprise: They have to file an appeal or they may find their assessment has been raised based on the purchase price of their home. And they only have until Tuesday to file that appeal. Learn More » The tight deadline for property assessment appeals is another fiasco Letter to the Editor by Joseph P. Rewis, Joseph Rewis & Yoder - December 28, 2005 As a lawyer who is representing property owners in the appeals process, I felt compelled to attend the arguments presented to county Court of Common Pleas Judge R. Stanton Wettick Jr. concerning the assessment fiasco in Allegheny County. It concerns me that the county allows the confusion surrounding these matters to extend beyond the appeal deadline. Learn More » Allegheny County's 'friendly' appeals may not be so easy by Ed Blazina, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - November 11, 2005 Allegheny County property owners have been told they would receive a "very friendly" reception if they ask the assessment appeals board to roll back an assessment increase that occurred after a challenge by their municipality or school district. But that doesn't mean they can just explain their circumstances to the board and automatically win a reduction. Those property owners -- the county estimates there are about 11,000 -- still will have to present evidence to show their assessment is incorrect and should be reduced. Learn More |
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