Higher fees for property owners pair with rising real estate assessments in the Falls Church budget proposal unveiled by City Manager Wyatt Shields Monday night.
Falls Church homeowners would pay an average $611 more — an increase of 5% — in real estate taxes under the $134.3 million fiscal year 2027 budget.
The increase would not result from a higher tax rate, which Shields proposes maintaining at $1.185 per $100 assessed value. Instead, it would come from higher home-value assessments that city officials rely on for more than 40% of all tax revenue…