Should Fulton County residents have anticipated the high property assessments that came this spring?
Perhaps.
A year ago, when homeowners in Cobb, Gwinnett, Clayton and DeKalb counties saw 7 to 11 percent increases, those in Fulton were on average only 2.6 percent higher.
The former chief appraiser told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution a year ago in June that he chose to delay the increases because his office had planned door-to-door reassessments that could significantly raise property values over the following three years.
Fulton County commissioners plan to side-step the issue of higher values for now when they vote Wednesday to freeze assessments at last year’s values.
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