J. Kieran Jennings was quoted in the December 14 digital issue of the Wall Street Journal's Property Report, Page B6, titled, "Falling Building Values Spur Tax Appeals."
Mr. Jennings is a partner in the law firm Siegel Jennings Co., L.P.A, the Ohio, Illinois and Western Pennsylvania member of American Property Tax Counsel (APTC), the national affiliation of property tax attorneys.
Can incentives cure the city's property market funk?
The City of New York's tax assessment valuations remain on an upward trajectory that compounds the burden on property owners. In stark contrast to this fiction of prosperity and escalating valuation, real estate conditions tell of a growing threat that menaces all asset...
Read moreProperty 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 moreCommercial 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...
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