The Pima County Assessor’s Office plans to begin mailing 2016 property valuation notices Friday.
Residential property owners in all but one of the county’s 22 economic districts will see increased property valuations.
“Residential seemed to lead on the way down and it seems to be leading on the way up,” Pima County Assessor Bill Staples said of the rising values.
The largest valuation increase occurred in the central business district, an area that includes downtown Tucson and surrounding areas. Median valuations increased in that region by 20 percent.
The Flowing Wells area will realize the second-largest median increase at 13 percent. That district includes areas south of River Road from Campbell Avenue west to Silverbell Road west of Interstate 10. The district extends south to about Speedway.
Only the southern Avra Valley area saw no valuation increase. That region stretches west of Kinney Road past Three Points, and north of Ajo Way to about Mile Wide Road.
Staples said land and commercial valuations remained basically flat.
Property owners interested in appealing their valuation have until April 28 to file.
To learn about the appeals process or to download forms, go to the assessor’s website at www.asr.pima.gov, call 724-8630 or come to the Assessor’s Office at 115 N. Church Ave.
The assessor’s website notes an appeal is intended to prove a property has been valued incorrectly or listed in the wrong property class. Appeals are not intended to dispute tax rates.
