OLATHE, Kan. – The Johnson County Appraiser’s Office says they’ve received nearly 6,500 appeals from residential property owners contending their recent appraisals are too high.
This year’s figure jumped more than 27 percent from 2017, when 5,128 residential property owners appealed their appraisal.
The increase continues a several-year trend in the number of appeals, something the appraiser’s office expected with the continued trend.
According to data provided to 41 Action News, the general trend dates back to at least 2014:
- 2014: 4,881 appeals
- 2015: 5,293 appeals
- 2016: 5,409 appeals
- 2017: 5,128 appeals
- 2018: 6,526 appeals
The county sent out appraisal notices to both residential and commercial property owners earlier this year. For residential property owners, the rates of increase ranged from two to 18 percent.
A county spokeswoman says the booming housing market is the driving force behind the increase in valuations.
Nearly 2,400 commercial property owners filed appeals this year.
