What year sales does the Assessor use to determine the Assessed value of my property?
The given valuation date for an assessment is January 1st prior to the fiscal
Year, and reflects market values for the year prior to the valuation date. For
example, the assessment date for Fiscal Year 2018 is January 1, 2017, and
the sales analyzed are those occurring between January 1, 2016 and December
31, 2016.

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1. When is the filing deadline for Real Estate & Personal Property Abatement Applications?
2. What year sales does the Assessor use to determine the Assessed value of my property?
3. What does my assessment represent?
4. Once I receive an Elderly Exemption does it automatically renew or do I need to file a new application every year?
5. When is the filing deadline for Elderly Exemptions?
6. I am elderly and cannot afford this tax bill. Can’t the assessors lower this assessment because I am elderly?
7. I recently purchased my home. When will the tax bill be sent in my name?
8. My assessment increased more than 2.5%. Doesn’t Proposition 2½ limit the amount my assessment can increase?
9. What do the assessors look at when determining an assessment?
10. Why do the assessors want to see the interior and exterior of my property?
11. I am a young person who grew up in Framingham and cannot afford this tax bill. Why can’t the assessors lower this assessment because I cannot afford to live in Framingham?