My evaluation went up 47%, the town average was 18%. I must have really done a lot of work on my home? I just made my deck bigger, hardly a reason for that increase. I don't mind paying taxes ( well a little) but just my fair share

As a former mayor of my town, I felt the sting of previous officials avoiding reevaluation for several years. I was called down to Trenton by request of Christie (then governor) and chewed out. I said "Hey! It was the former leaders of the town who neglected their duty- don't blame me!"

By formula, if your property taxes increased so much more than your neighbor's then you have been getting away with paying the wrong amount (lower) for many years. Fortunately, you're not responsible for paying for past under-evaluations. There is usually a way to appeal the increase. It could be that former owners of your home made improvements and didn't get permits.

Overall taxes should stay the same after a townwide re-evaluation; it's not an excuse to charge more than the budget allows.
There should have been homeowners whose taxes went down ... they were paying too much over the years.

As a real estate appraiser (and the son of a long-time township treasurer), Ideal with that misconception all of the time!

Within a town, there will be a mix of properties that were assessed at different times. The reevaluation puts them all on the same level. Yours raising that much compared to others, meant that you paid less than houses worth the same, but assessed for more for recent years.

All the same, the relative increase in assessment will lead to higher taxes even if the budget stays the same.

Every state is creating tax revenue somewhere to pay for cops/prisons, schools, roads, etc. All of them. Even the Repug controlled ones. They are all spending money, which means they are all taking in money. There is no magic place with no taxes.

If it isn't income then it is sales, or property, or hotel, or excises, or registration fees. And most of those forms are regressive. Unless you're in the 1%, you should want your state to have an income tax so they can use less of the regressive revenue methods -- you will pay less total taxes that way.

We have retirees who move here from income tax states and continually scream because they have to pay property tax. Through all of this, the worst thing I have learned is that a lot of people do not think things through.

But would be first to scream if we had no police, no firemen, no city workers fixing the streets and potholes or underground pipes.

People love higher taxes as long as it someone else having to pay them

People love to see their number on Zillow Redfin etc (which BTW aren’t accurate at all) but not when the city/county re-appraises or increases the tax for the reason you stated.

I have a friend who does appraisals. I never mention Zillow around him.

For job changes, buying a smaller or bigger home, or just want a change of scenery.

The family home market was opened up for them. They don't want to pay property taxes. The property taxes do need to go it's a tax on the backs of families who have the audacity to have a home. BlackRock and the rest of those investors want every single person to rent and pay for the property, maintain the property and make sure you pay the taxes.

fantastic town services, a beautiful town park with several pools, tennis and pickle ball courts, playing fields, trails, ice skating rink in winter, etc. Great senior services, streets and sidewalks that are plowed immediately, a fantastic library, etc, etc, etc. Our homes are worth considerably more than surrounding communities and sell in a matter of days when they come on the market - because everyone wants to live here. We don’t have any land to build here anymore (and our town is buying the green space that is left to preserve it.)

Our school budget is never voted down because we know how important it is irt our property values.

My H worked for NYS Division of Budget for years and attended many conferences of budget leaders from all the other states. He would hear constantly how frustrated they were because they had no money to implement state wide programs and services that would benefit their citizens. He heard a lot of “I wish we could do that.”

I wouldn’t live in a low tax state if you paid me.