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Property Assessments Now Available Online

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In accordance with guidelines established by the Massachusetts Department of Revenue, the Board of Assessors has completed a triennial reassessment program for all properties within the Town. The Massachusetts Department of Revenue has given preliminary certification of values. The resulting values are those upon which the actual Fiscal Year 2013 tax bills will be based. The law in Massachusetts requires that all property be assessed at its fair cash value – what a willing buyer would pay a willing seller. The rationale for full value assessment is equity. Two houses of equal market value in a community should be assigned equal assessments.

The Commissioner of Revenue determines triennially whether assessed values in the town represent full and fair cash value for each class of real and personal property. To accomplish this, the Assessors first needed to establish new assessments which are based on analysis of sales that occurred in calendar year 2011 and reflect the property’s value as of January 1, 2012.

The assessors implement a program of public disclosure intended to provide taxpayers an opportunity to inquire and discuss proposed new assessments. The Assessors will hold public disclosure for Hopkinton taxpayers from Monday, October 29th until Wednesday, November 7th (8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.), at their office in the Hopkinton Town Hall located in room 105 at 18 Main Street.

Contact the assessor’s office about any issues concerning the proposed assessments at 508-497-9720.

Review the FY 2013 proposed new assessments here.

Board of Assessors
Town of Hopkinton