Allison points out this WABE report that states up to 1500 DeKalb County residents could receive revised property tax assessment notices in the coming days due to assessments that are too low.

Calvin Hicks is the chief appraiser for the DeKalb County Board of Assessors. He says he learned homeowners in the Avondale Estates historic district may have received assessment notices that were too low after a number of them contacted his office in protest.

…”Quite frankly, I think in a couple of those, through human error they just didn’t get the values where they needed to be.”

Hicks says this was first year the county had to take distressed home sales into account and his office recently switched to new software application. In General, Hicks says it appears that home values in DeKalb County have declined to a lower level than a number of surrounding counties.

Parts of Avondale, Decatur and Candler Park are under review, according to the article.

Anyone else thinking Decatur might want to consider bringing tax assessments back in-house?