There are a number of attorneys that handle appeals and are only paid if you win the appeal. Might be worth talking to one. The advice I got was that the 1st level of appeal (county) normally doesn't go well.

I went through the tax appeal stage at the county level more than fifteen years ago. I had a (are) victory (my assessment was lowered) but spent a lot of time gathering comps to back up my argument. It helped that I had a tenant who was a realtor who had access to the MLS system that got me all the comps I needed.

Hi guys,

I filed an online property assessment appeal for NJ (hudson county jersey city) as after the re-evaluation they did, my new assessment is much higher than the recent sold prices after plugging in the numbers.

However few weeks later, i received letter from jersey city attorneys stating "cross-petition" for appeal filed. In the appeal, it said reason for appeal: under-assessed. There is no other detail.

Does anyone know what this is all about, is my understanding correct that jersey city is filing a cross-appeal on my appeal, basically i am saying the assessment is too high and they are saying the current assessment is too low? What would be the next step, do i need to do anything.

thanks