If you were surprised last month to see an increase in your residential real estate property tax assessment sent by the state, you’re not alone.
Assessments are up an average of about 20.1% from three years ago across the state, according to the Maryland Department of Assessments and Taxation. That number is slightly lower for Montgomery County at 17.7%, according to Michael Coveyou, the county’s finance director.
“Out of the 23 counties and Baltimore City, we have the lowest [increases] here,” Coveyou told Bethesda Today in an interview Friday…