"Appealing property value pays off for hundreds of Minneapolis homeowners" - StarTribune.com
"After homeowners complained en masse about their tax valuations, the city of Minneapolis changed the property assessments for more than 1,000 homes this year. City assessors and the board that handles appeals have spent the past month scrambling to respond to the 1,400 property owners who said the city tax assessor had bungled the valuation of their real estate. The board approved changes on 1,144 of those properties, or about 82 percent of official appeals, according to data released by the city Wednesday..."
Photo: Scott Ewing appealed to the city after it valued his Minneapolis home at $471,000. A city assessor came to his property and brought it down to $430,000.
