[quote=EconProf]Land and lots have fallen by a bigger percentage than buildings. Your assessment breaks down land and improvements–so if you can show comps to prove your land component went down you can win a lower total assessment.[/quote]
I can’t, In part because I bought it cheap at the time.It closed in 2004 so a little ahead of your suggested window too. It would be hard to defend a case with comps. I actually thought the dealings with the assessor’s office on improvements was fair. Their guidelines were reasonable.