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St. Louis County Assessor takes questions from audience members during a town hall about 2019s property value reassessments at The Pavilion at Lemay Thursday, June 20, 2019. Like 2019, 2021 saw an increase in property values across the county.

Home assessments are online and up 9%; council members schedule assessment town halls

April 4, 2021

Most St. Louis County homeowners can now look up the 2021 assessor’s preliminary value of their property on the county’s website, County Assessor Jake Zimmerman announced last week. Homeowners can...

In a series of public Board of Equalization hearings in Crestwood July 25, 2019, commercial and residential property owners try to convince board members that their properties are worth less than originally assessed. More often than not, their bids to reverse the hike on their properties were turned down, especially in cases where property owners did not bring photo evidence to back up their cases. Photo by Erin Achenbach.

St. Louis County’s preliminary real-estate assessments for 2021 are online for taxpayers

March 23, 2021

Most St. Louis County homeowners can now look up the 2021 assessor's preliminary value of their property on the county's website, County Assessor Jake Zimmerman announced Tuesday. Homeowners can find...

Resident Penny Kelley questions St. Louis County Assessor Jake Zimmerman on how she is supposed to afford an increase in taxes as a result of increased property values after that years reassessment during a town hall at The Pavilion at Lemay in 2019. Kelley said that she lives on a fixed income.

Property appeals deadline extended, with a catch

July 19, 2019

The St. Louis County Board of Equalization voted Thursday to extend the deadline for filing property assessment appeals until July 29, but only if residents tried and failed to file an appeal July 8. The...

St. Louis County Assessor Jake Zimmerman speaks at the Oakville Democrats ODO Fest in October 2018. Photo by Erin Achenbach.

Zimmerman will address rising property values at town hall with Trakas, Clancy

June 11, 2019

St. Louis County Council Presiding Officer Ernie Trakas, 5th District Councilwoman Lisa Clancy and county Assessor Jake Zimmerman will host a joint town hall to address rising property assessments in the...

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