By Deon Roberts, editor
Published: February 22,2011
It’s anyone’s guess as to what the results of the county’s 2011 revaluation of commercial properties will be. Property owners won’t receive the new values until March. In the meantime, those involved in the revaluation say it’s likely that overall values will be higher than in 2003, when the county’s last revaluation took place. “I [...]
By Deon Roberts, editor
Published: February 22,2011
Some in the real estate industry are big fans of it. Others have questions and suspicions. In a new move for Mecklenburg County’s assessor’s office, commercial properties that are being reassessed for 2011 property tax values will have an income-based calculation applied to them. From the perspective of Chuck Hicks, the revaluation manager for the [...]
By Sam Boykin, staff writer
Published: February 7,2011
While most Mecklenburg County homeowners will receive their property revaluation notices this week, condominium owners will have to wait until at least early March. Chuck Hicks, the county’s property appraisal manger, said the reason for the delay is that the AssessPro software the county uses to assess individual properties can’t be applied to condos. The software has [...]
By Caitlin Coakley, staff writer
Published: January 21,2011
Being on a busy street is fantastic if your property is a business looking for customers. But for a homeowner like Willie Mae Gory, who lives on busy West Boulevard in Charlotte, the experience can be frustrating. “I have some trouble getting out of my driveway because I have to sit and wait for a [...]
By Caitlin Coakley, staff writer
Published: January 14,2011
Chuck Hicks and his property revaluation team have borne the brunt of scrutiny from skeptical Mecklenburg County homeowners. But his philosophy is more in line with an anti-tax tea-partier than a government fat cat. “I feel badly that we’re party of a system that takes money from people,” Hicks said. “But that’s just the way [...]
By Caitlin Coakley, staff writer
Published: November 1,2010
A public hearing about the schedule, standards and rules of the 2011 countywide property revaluation will take place during Wednesday’s meeting of the Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners. The public will have until Dec. 17 to challenge the validity of the schedule, standards and rules before they become effective Dec. 18. The 2011 revaluation will [...]
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