Assessment appeal services

The Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC) determines your property assessment based on a market value assessment of your property. Sometimes, as a property owner, you get an unwanted surprise in the mail telling you your taxes are going up, and sometimes it may seem as though your assessment is too high.

Often, matters like this can be resolved with a phone call. However, if after discussing your assessment with MPAC you still feel as though your property was overvalued, a professional, independent, third-party appraiser is often your best bet in proving your case. That's where we come in.

There is a standard procedure for appealing assessments, so it's important to enlist the help of a professional appraisal firm that's experienced and trained in the ins and outs of the process. 

Sometimes it makes sense for you to begin your own research before determining whether to go forward with a property assessment appeal. Many times the cost saving of the appeal does not justify the professional fees involved. According to the Canadian Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (CUSPAP), we are not allowed to take "shortcuts" -- i.e., your research -- and use it on its face as part of our independent evaluation. When you hire us for an assessment appeal, you're commissioning  an independent, third-party professional appraisal report. As such we do our own evaluation, beginning to end. If you're right that your property has been overvalued, an independent report such as ours will be even more persuasive than any other evidence you can marshal on your own. But it depends on our ability to do the work independently.

There is an opportunity to negotiate your assessment appeal. We have handled these negotiations successfuly many times. Failing agreement with MPAC you may choose a hearing before the Assessment Review Board. Be assured that at we are able to professionally and persuasively argue your property value and testify at appeal hearings.