Property Tax Resources
Answer to a Question Posed to Members of the Real Estate Forum Editorial Advisory Board
"How will market conditions in 2014 be different from what we saw in 2013?"
Stephen H. Paul, Esq., President of APTC, answered as follows:
"As Congress has been prone to "kick the can" down the road on tough budget issues, I believe many financial institutions holding large amounts of real estate mortgage paper have been kicking the can down the road over the past few years on many of their loans that have been underwater for some time, extending balloon payback dates into the future in hopes of having their troubled properties recover from their lagging performance. At some point, these financial institutions will have to fish or cut bait as to those properties that haven't recovered during their period of leniency. To the extent these institutions swallow hard and take their hits, we could see a large number of properties come onto the market at attractive prices for investors during 2014 — a reprise of 2010-2012.
"As to those properties that have recovered during this forgiveness period, to the extent they come back to the market, if the they're higher quality retail and office assets, we could see some slight appreciation in prices during 2014, certainly in primary, and most probably in good secondary markets as well."
Real Estate Forum, December 2013
American Property Tax Counsel
Recent Published Property Tax Articles
DC in Denial on Office Property Valuations
Property tax assessors in nation's capital city ignore post-COVID freefall in office pricing, asset values.
Commercial property owners in the District of Columbia are crawling out of a post-pandemic fog and into a new, harsh reality where office building values have plummeted, but property tax assessments remain perplexingly high.
Realization comes...
Read moreTurning Tax Challenges Into Opportunities
Commercial property owners can maximize returns by minimizing property taxes, writes J. Kieran Jennings of Siegel Jennings Co. LPA.
Investing should be straightforward—and so should managing investments. Yet real estate, often labeled a "passive" investment, is anything but. Real estate investment done right may not be thrilling, but it requires active...
Read moreAppeal Excessive Office Property Tax Assessments
Anemic transaction volume complicates taxpayers' searches for comparable sales data.
Evaluating the feasibility of a property tax appeal becomes increasingly complex when property sales activity slows. While taxpayers can still launch a successful appeal in a market that yields little or no recent sales data, the lack of optimal deal volume...
Read moreMember Spotlight
