PALMER — Mat-Su Borough property assessors received more than twice as many formal appeals as last year after average property values increased by more than 7% across the region, officials said last week.
The Matanuska-Susitna Borough assessment office received 421 formal appeals this year, up from 148 filed last year, borough Assessor Oliver Querin said in an email Thursday. His office also fielded 1,046 phone calls from residents questioning their assessments, up from 635 last year, he said.
So far, about 410 assessments have been adjusted after a property owner spoke with one of the borough’s 13 appraisers without going to a formal hearing, he said…