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.
A typical Clarence Center homeowner reads the 2026 Notice of Tentative Assessment and the assessed value is 13 percent higher than the previous roll. The annual property tax bill projects near $9,200 against last year's $8,150. Nothing about the home has changed.
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.