Most property assessments rise in Juneau

City and Borough of Juneau city hall in 2013. (Photo by Heather Bryant/KTOO)
By now Juneau property owners should have received property value notices that were mailed out last Friday.
Alaska state law requires the City and Borough of Juneau to tax property at market value.
About 60 percent of properties saw their tax bill increase. On average, these went up 3.5 percent, though some saw a hike as high as 10 percent.
“Fair market value is generally determined by what it would sell for on th