The Lane County Assessment and Taxation Office in Oregon will begin re-appraising more than 3,100 residential properties in the Springfield area this month. The reappraisals, according to KEZI -TV in Eugene, Ore., include a property inspection to confirm the number of bedrooms and bathrooms. The appraiser will also ask residents to confirm square footage and answer basic questions about home condition, features, and improvements.
Lane County is required to reappraise areas where property values are unusually varied, an indicator of unreliable or outdated appraisal data. Those neighborhoods last were appraised more than 20 years ago. Reappraisal will help ensure all homes in the neighborhoods are accurately valued, not just those that have sold recently.
Appraisers also will begin reappraising the more than 120 commercial manufactured home parks across Lane County. The reappraisal will include the commercial properties on which the parks are located, not the residential structures themselves.