Monthly Archives: May 2008

Procedures to Appeal Your Property Tax Revaluation

This has been a big week for property tax postings.  I spoke with Simona Byrd at the Board of Equalization about the process that would be used to appeal a property tax revaluation.  Here’s the process as I understand it: … Continue reading

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The Chelan County Assessor Responds to the Chelan Revaluation 2008!

I e-mailed Assessor Russ Griffith on Sunday requesting his comments on the process and impacts around the revaluation (or reassessment) in the Chelan area.  He was gracious and offered to both speak at our upcoming forums on the topic as … Continue reading

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Lake Chelan Valley Community Tax Forum(s)

UPDATED:   GoLakeChelan.com  and the Chelan Valley Chamber are presenting two LAKE CHELAN VALLEY COMMUNITY FORUMS  on tax issues.  The events will be open to the public and carried live on GoLakeChelan.com. The events will be held at the Performing Art Center … Continue reading

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GoLakeChelan’s Steve Byquist interviews Assessor Russ Griffith

GoLakeChelan’s Steve Byquist interviewed County Assessor Russ Griffith about the recent property reassessement that were mailed out Friday to the Chelan Area.  The interview can be found here: Chelan County Assessor Russ Griffith talks with GoLakeChelan’s Steve Byquist about the … Continue reading

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Justice Department opens MLS data to Online Brokers

Today the Justice Department helped Online Real Estate Brokers by forcing new industry policies that will give Online Brokers access to MLS data that they were previously denied.  The tentative settlement would prevent Multiple Listing Services affiliated with the National … Continue reading

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The National News and Perspective on Lake Chelan housing woes…

Today’s national news is all about the Case-Shiller reports showing a huge 14% decline for the first quarter according to almost every news source.  We in North Central Washington are still holding our own with prices that are doing alright according to the most recent … Continue reading

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1% Cap and Your Property Tax….

Since we posted about the new assessments for 2009 that just came out in the Chelan area, there has been discussion about the initiative 747 cap of 1% on property taxes.  There is confusion over how this applies to individual property owners.  The … Continue reading

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New Assessments are out! We’re hearing about some WHOPPERS!

We’ve already heard from a few folks regarding their new Property Tax Assessments that are just arriving in mailboxes now!  Please vote in the READER POLL on this page so you can see how your new assessment compares to others.  … Continue reading

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April “Snapshot” of Residential Sales in the Wenatchee Area

The “Snapshot” from Pacific Appraisal Associates for April is out. It shows a softening market in sales volume in both the Wenatchee multiple (down 15% in $) and the Wenatchee Market (down 27% in $). The number of homes sold is … Continue reading

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Chelan Council talks about Water Rights and The Post Office

The Post Office relocation wasn’t even on the agenda, but public comments were heard from 4 citizens during which several council members expressed opinions on the project.  Also, during comments at the end of the session, Mayor Goedde noted a … Continue reading

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