Inside most commercial leases for properties in special tax districts, there is a clause that passes the district's mandatory assessment obligation to your tenant.
The assessment decline is real, the DOGE amplification is real, and the appeal window for TY2026 has already closed. Here is what to do before TY2027.
The K-shaped mall recovery is not a real estate investor story. It is a property tax story, an assessment base story, and a certiorari warning for every commercial property owner in a jurisdiction where a Class B or C mall anchors the tax roll.
Washington DC commercial property owners face a compound problem: assessed values are declining, the appeal window for TY2026 has already closed, and TY2027 assessments will be set against a market that has absorbed 56,000 net job losses. Here is what to do now.
Michigan commercial property owners have until May 31 to file tax tribunal appeals on 2026 assessments. Miss the deadline and you wait two years. Here is what the grounds for appeal are, what evidence you need, and how the process works.
Twelve North Carolina counties are conducting their first property revaluations since before the pandemic. Commercial property owners in those counties are facing assessments that reflect a 2020-2026 market that looks nothing like the 2016-2019 baseline.
When the anchor pharmacy in your building closes, the income approach valuation changes immediately. How assessors treat vacant anchor space, what comparable rents look like for large-format retail post-pharmacy, and how to position your appeal.
Vacancy taxes hit commercial property owners in two ways: the direct tax liability, and the assessment impact of reduced income from a vacant storefront. How cities are structuring vacancy tax liability and what it means for your property's assessed value.
Cook County is conducting its first real reassessment in decades. What the reassessment means for property owners and assessment appeals.
New Jersey's May 1 property tax appeal deadline is approaching. What the deadline means for property owners and assessment appeals.
Distressed office sales in Chicago, Denver, and Washington DC show 90% discounts from peak. What the sales mean for assessment appeals and property valuations.
New Castle County completed its first comprehensive property reassessment in decades. The Delaware General Assembly shifted assessment burden back from residential to commercial property owners.
Multiple buildings in receivership or foreclosure are visible from Euclid Avenue and East 12th Street in downtown Cleveland. The corridor-cluster effect produces different assessment dynamics than isolated foreclosure.