A Clarence Center homeowner sees a 13 percent jump on the 2026 tentative roll. Here is what the cross-hamlet comp math typically shows when this happens.
Clarence property taxes jumped in 2026 because the tentative roll blended hotter Clarence Center and Harris Hill sales, including newer construction, into older hamlet inventory that does not compete in that market. A house that did not change still carried that lift.
What is on the 2026 Clarence roll?
The Clarence tentative roll picked up 2024 and 2025 sales from Clarence Center and Harris Hill, both of which ran ahead of Clarence Hollow's market. Newer construction in particular sold at numbers that pulled the comp ladder upward. The spring valuation used those sales to value the homeowner's 1980s ranch, which is not actually competing with newer construction inventory in the resale market.
What is the Clarence takeaway?
A 13 percent jump in Clarence is usually a cross-hamlet comp problem. The narrower the comp set, restricted to the same hamlet and the same era of construction, the better the case usually reads at the Clarence Board of Assessment Review on Grievance Day. Fair Appeal handles the full property tax appeal in Clarence and only charges a percentage of first-year tax savings when the value comes down. FairAppeal monitors the Clarence roll every year. For the full Clarence picture see the Clarence property tax appeal guide, the neighbor-tax gap explainer, or the NYS grievance procedure.
Representative example based on typical Clarence cases.
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Frequently asked questions
- Why did my Clarence property taxes go up so much in 2026?
- The 2026 Clarence tentative roll picked up 2024 and 2025 sales from Clarence Center and Harris Hill that ran ahead of Clarence Hollow. The spring valuation can blend those sales across hamlets, pulling the assessed value on older inventory upward against newer-construction comps that do not actually compete in the same resale market.
- Is a 13 percent Clarence assessment jump worth grieving?
- A 13 percent jump is not automatically appealable, but in Clarence it usually warrants a review of the home's assessment against the local market. When the local comp set supports a lower value, the case is a Grievance Day filing at the Clarence Board of Assessment Review on or before Tuesday, May 26, 2026.
- What if the Clarence equalization rate already adjusted?
- The Erie County equalization rate is a town-wide adjustment, not a hamlet-level one. It does not correct cross-hamlet comp problems. A Clarence homeowner can still grieve the assessed value even after the equalization rate has been published, if the underlying comp set does not support the number.