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Tax battle looms over Boston Harbor lighthouse >
Graves
Light sits on a rocky ledge in the middle of Boston Harbor, surrounded
by water. Since buying the lighthouse at a government auction seven
years ago, Dave Waller has poured time and money into restoring it. The
only way to get out there is by boat; the nearest shoreline is miles
away, and when he bought it, the Coast Guard said the lighthouse did not
belong to any city or town. That’s why Waller was shocked when, out of
the blue, he received a property tax bill from the town of Hull last
year. Read more
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Since March, rents are down in 41 of the 100 largest cities in the US, according to the Apartment List National Rent Report.
In the same timeframe last year, only five cities experienced a decline
in rent prices and, and only two experienced a drop of more than one
percent. Sixty-three of the 100 largest cities are posting slower
year-over-year rent growth than at this time last year. Read more
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Phoenix, the 'capital of sprawl,' gets a radically car-free neighborhood >
Phoenix, that featureless and ever-spreading tundra of concrete,
has been called “the world’s least sustainable city.” The Phoenix
metropolitan area is, in other words, the last place you would expect a
real estate developer to spend $170 million creating what it calls the
first-ever car-free neighborhood built from scratch in the United
States. Read more
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IAAO NEWS
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+ IAAO election results announced >
IAAO recently completed the election process for the 2021 Board of Directors and the following members were elected:
- President-Elect - L. Wade Patterson
- Vice President - Patrick Alesandrini, CAE, RES
- Region 1 Board member - Marcy Martin, AAS
- Region 2 - Brian Gay
- Region 3 - Terry Taylor, CAE, RES, AAS
Members also voted to approve amendments to the IAAO Bylaws proposed by the IAAO Governance Committee.
+ Membership dues help available >
2020
has been a challenging year for not only for IAAO members, but also for
your jurisdictions budget. With this in mind, Vision Government
Solutions and IAAO are pleased to offer the COVID-19 Membership Support Grant
to provide greater opportunities for members to renew their annual IAAO
Membership dues. The grant is available to a limited number of IAAO
members whose jurisdictions aren’t paying membership dues because of
budgetary restrictions. Download the form to apply for the grant to pay membership dues. Read more
+ Webinar on Enhancing Accuracy of Valuations with Aerial Imagery is Dec. 2 >
IAAO
is working with Vision Government Solutions to promote their December
webinar, “Digital Future of Assessing: Enhancing the Accuracy of
Valuations with Aerial Imagery.” Join the Vision Team as they go behind
the scenes to learn how communities are using aerial imagery technology
to enhance the accuracy of their valuations during the Coronavirus
pandemic. Vision
Government Solutions has partnered with EagleView, a leading provider
of high-resolution aerial imagery, to ensure that assessors have access
to the complete and detailed property images they need.
The webinar is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Eastern on Wednesday, Dec. 2.
Participants are Justin Kuzmich, Real Estate Director, City of Salem,
Virginia; Laura Mondo, Regional Technical Manager, EagleView; Janet
Courson, Senior Field Assessor, Crawford County, Pennsylvania; Phil
Baranyai, GIS Manager, Crawford County, Pennsylvania; Joe Galbo, Chief
Assessor, Crawford County, Pennsylvania; and Kathy Fitzsimmons, Deputy
Chief Assessor, Crawford County, Pennsylvania. Register here
+ Task Force seeks input on changes to Glossary >
The
Authoritative Text Task Force, established in May by the Board of
Directors, is working on updates to the IAAO Glossary for Property
Appraisal and Assessment and is seeking input from assessment
professionals related to terms. In particular, the Task Force is looking
for contributions on terms that may be contradictory to state laws, or
practice; additional terms that should be incorporated into the
Glossary, along with any recommended definitions for that term; or
general thoughts and comments you would like the Task Force to consider.
Comments should be directed to Tammy Brown (brown@iaao.org), IAAO Staff Liaison to the Authoritative Text Task Force.
+ Dec. 2 roundtable features assessors sharing how they've adapted during COVID-19 >
County
governments have responded to this unprecedented global pandemic with
technology, innovation, and practical solutions to keep their teams and
communities safe and productive. As a technology provider and partner to
many governmental organizations, EagleView has heard firsthand how
assessors have transformed their workflows to adapt to remote work and
remote assessment. Join EagleView, and industry veteran L. Wade
Patterson, retired Assessor with Garfield County, Oklahoma, for a free
roundtable discussion featuring a panel of assessment professionals who
have found ways to adapt during the pandemic. Learn strategies and best
practices that are working for their organizations, and what challenges
are still being addressed. The webinar is at 2 p.m. Eastern,
Wednesday, Dec. 2. Register here
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IAAO CONNECT CORNER
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+ Hot Topic: Assessment Ratio, commercial vs residential >
IAAO Connect members are discussing assessment appeals that prove disproportionally applying one ratio to all property types, specifically, commercial versus residential. Read more
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AROUND THE INDUSTRY
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The
debate over how to conduct a reassessment of the property values
used to calculate county and school tax bills may carry into next
year, new court filings indicate. Read more
Earlier
this year, Norton Bonaparte predicted a permanent end to a foundational
element of how government employees engage with constituents. “I talked
to a newspaper reporter in March, and I said ‘I don’t think I’ll ever
shake your hand again,’” says Bonaparte, city manager of Sanford, Fla.
“People talk about going back to normal, but what we’ve experienced will
forever change how we’re doing things.” The term “contactless” has
become increasingly popular in recent months, thanks to the resilience
of COVID-19. Read more
+ National retail growth in October led by these cities and categories ... >
Atlanta, Houston, and Orlando were the metropolitan areas leading
the road to retail recovery in October. That’s according to a Mastercard
SpendingPulse analysis of retail sales across all payment types in the
20 largest U.S. metropolitan areas, where total retail sales grew 4.1%
in October excluding auto and 6% excluding auto and gas. Read more
+ Increase in housing starts has construction playing catch-up >
Single-family housing starts gained for the sixth consecutive month
in October on an annualized pace not seen since April 2007, a Census
Bureau report released Wednesday revealed. Housing starts overall rose
4.9% in October compared to September’s pace and to a seasonally
adjusted annual pace of 1.53 million starts – the highest since this
February. That growth was mostly driven by single-family housing starts,
which increased 6.4% month-over-month – up 1.18 million annualized
units. Multifamily starts were virtually unchanged from September’s
revised number. Read more
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+ Montgomery County, Virginia >
County Assessor, Montgomery County Commissioner of Revenue Office See more
+ Suffolk, Virginia >
Commercial Appraiser, City of Suffolk See more
+ Fairfax, Virginia>
Supervising Real Estate Appraiser, Fairfax County Government See more
+ Salem, Oregon >
Senior Property Appraiser, Marion County See more
+ Hamilton, Ohio >
Residential or Commercial Real Estate Appraiser, Butler County Auditor's Office See more
+ Houston >
Real Estate Analyst-Appraisals, Harris County See more
+ Albany, New York >
Senior Appraiser, Albany-Daugherty County, Georgia See more
+ Dauphin, Pennsylvania >
General Real Estate Appraiser, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania See more
+ Yorktown, Virginia >
Senior Real Estate Appraiser, York County See more
+ Hamilton, Ohio >
Residential or Commercial Real Estate Appraiser, Butler County Auditor's Office See more
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