Welcome
Welcome to the Vision Appraisal Revaluation Information Site for the Town of Brookfield, Connecticut. The goal of this site is to explain the purpose for the current revaluation as well as to help the taxpayers understand what has been happening in the Brookfield real estate market over the last few years.
Keep in mind that your new assessment will reflect a change in the market over a five year period since the last revaluation completed in 2001.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Revaluation Summary
A Revaluation is the process of performing all of the necessary Market Analysis and Valuation steps to determine accurate and equitable values for all properties within a municipality. The equalization of the values within a City or Town creates a fair distribution of the tax burden. The purpose of a Revaluation is not to raise taxes. The purpose is to create an equitable distribution of the tax load. Another goal is to eliminate any valuation inequities that developed since the implementation of the 2001 revaluation. Connecticut General Statues Section 12-62 requires every City and Town to perform a Revaluation or Valuation Update every five years. Brookfield is required to conduct this program for 2006. This year Brookfield will conduct a Valuation Update. An update includes all of the market analysis and valuation steps to determine accurate values but does not necessarily include an interior inspection of each property.
See the flowchart below for all of the actual steps in a Revaluation. The first step is to conduct a data verification mailing. This task requires mailing a fact sheet to each taxpayer containing the data characteristics that are on record for their property and asking for verification or correction if necessary. This is a cost effective method to keep the Town database accurate and up to date. Building permits will be visited in the field this year for purposes of verifying data.
Click on the stages in the flowchart for a description. Each Step of this flowchart is not necessarily part of every Revaluation.
Other Information
There are a number of links provided here that may be of interest to Brookfield taxpayers. The Connecticut Association of Assessing Officers has more information on the Assessing function within the State. There is also an excellent article reprinted here from The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy on issues pertaining to the property tax. (Click Here to read the article) Also, please see the video presentations on Revaluation and the charts on the assessment to sales ratios for different property types within the Town
Suggestions
We are always looking to improve this website and welcome any Feedback. Please note: this is not an area for posing project specific questions. Due to the individual nature of each project, we cannot answer specific questions.
Press Inquiries
All press inquiries should be directed to the following page - (Press Inquiries). We will do our best to direct the inquiry to the proper party and get back to you as soon as possible.