At some point around May 2009 the Sacramento County Assessor’s Office should be mailing a letter to certain households stating that the Assessor has lowered the assessed value on particular homes (if they determined that value declined).

Here is the scenario: You purchased your home in Anatolia in Rancho Cordova for $550,000 in 2005 and so you were paying [...]

One of the big factors in property tax appeals is that the best available data from the local market should be applied on your behalf. This is an elementary valuation concept, but often times the reason why your property taxes are too high is because the mass-appraisal process instituted by the Assessor’s Office fails to incorporate the most [...]

Have you received a letter? My household has been mailed two so far claiming that XYZ Company will help me lower my property taxes if I send them some money. Fellow residents, may I offer some advice? If you feel that the Assessor’s Office did not get your home value [...]

Like many other local communities that were built over the past five years, much of Anatolia in Rancho Cordova was built during the peek of the housing market and has since seen values decline rapidly just as they have through much of the Sacramento Region. Frankly, the Assessor has not kept up on the decline [...]

What has been happening in the Anatolia real estate market lately? Anatolia is a planned community located in the Southern territory of Rancho Cordova near Sunrise Blvd. & Douglas Rd. 

Over the past 90 days there have been 93 sales within the Anatolia market area (95742 zip code of Rancho Cordova). These sales are depicted [...]

Many local residents are wondering if they’ll need to contest their property taxes this year. Will the assessed value from the Sacramento Assessor be accurate? Will it take into consideration the substantial decline in last year’s market in Anatolia and surrounding areas? Hopefully so. 

Each local county has specific steps for home owners to follow to contest  their property taxes [...]