New Jersey homeowners
Who reviews the largest asset you own?
Your financial advisor reviews your portfolio every year. Your accountant reviews your return every year. Your home is usually reviewed by no one, until the week you decide to sell it.
Schedule my Annual Home ReviewThirty minutes, once a year, at no cost.
The Annual Home Review is triggered by the calendar, not by a transaction. There is no listing conversation attached to it, which is why homeowners with no intention of selling still say yes.
It comes from the other side of my working life. For more than two decades I have looked after global accounts within the Fortune 500, relationships measured in decades and held together by a single standing appointment each year. Your home deserves the same courtesy.
What we cover
- What your home is likely worth right now, and the reasoning behind that range.
- Whether your assessment appears fair, and what the deadline is if it does not.
- Hold, rent, or sell, considered against your household rather than a general rule.
- Which one or two improvements are most likely to return the money, and which are not.
Most owners discover what their home is worth at the worst possible moment: the week they need to know.
The New Jersey detail most owners miss
Your Notice of Assessment arrives by February 1, and almost everyone reads it as this year's number. It is not. It values your home as of October 1 of the prior year. The appeal deadline is April 1, or 45 days from the bulk mailing, whichever comes later. Somerset County follows that traditional calendar. Municipalities that went through a revaluation or reassessment work to May 1 instead.
That is public information with a hard deadline attached, and I have watched more than one owner find it in April, several days too late, entirely by accident.
No cost, no obligation
Schedule your review
Tell me a little about your home and I will follow up to find a time. Reviews are held in person where possible, or by video.
A necessary note. I am not an appraiser, a tax attorney, or an accountant. A formal assessment appeal generally requires a licensed appraiser, and I refer that out and take no fee for the introduction. Nothing here is legal, tax, or investment advice. Assessment dates and deadlines change, so please confirm your own with your county board of taxation.