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Flacka_0431 t1_j9fr835 wrote

The CLR (Common Level Ratio) for Allegheny County has been lowered significantly to 63.5% for 2022 and 63.6% for 2023. This means that the property assessment should be approximately 64% of the current market value of the property.

Your tax assessment of 65% seems very fair considering it is a brand new home. I doubt it is worth appealing to get that extra 1 percent off, to be honest.

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ktxhopem3276 t1_j9fmhj6 wrote

Nobody pays 100% because the assessments are equalizes to a bae year of 2012 and there is an annual adjustment for inflation called the common level ratio. There is a lawsuit over how to calculate the CLR because the county has been purposely submitting biased data. The county says house prices have only increased 19% or 2% a year since 2012 which is absurd and the judge set the ratio at a more accurate 63% or about 4% a year since 2012

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[deleted] t1_j9figoo wrote

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TeslaPittsburgh t1_j9ffyoi wrote

Firestone does PPI for like $25 and it's thorough. We've done that twice in the last year (Wexford).

First was Carvana (title/reg was not a problem on that-- cash purchase makes it easy) due to wanting very specific spec and also southern car (no rust).

Second was local dealer in Wexford. Both were satisfactory experiences.

At the Yaris/Fit pricepoints you're not going to have much downside potential, they're-- no offense intended-- the most basic of basic cars. Just be VERY careful regarding corrosion and good service history as typically entry level car owners are a combination of disengaged and expense-averse.

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