Despite economic headwinds and a historically slow leasing market, the New York City Department of Finance has determined that the average office building, regardless of age, is more valuable today ...

Every January, the City of New York releases its annual tentative tax roll based upon Department of Finance (“DOF”) valuations for each property in the five boroughs. Unless successfully challenged, ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – The NYC Department of Finance (DOF) will host a series of citywide outreach events to assist property owners in better understanding their “Notice of Property Value” (NOPV) -- a ...

We want to bid on a 2-family house but the comps in the neighborhood are not consistent. How good is the NYC DOF Market Value (i.e., Assessment Value) for estimating what the starting bid should be as ...

Few areas of municipal operations present as much complexity, political anxiety and opportunity as the property tax system, which stretches from planning and building permits to assessments and ...