In April 2026 the Douglas County assessor admitted a neighborhood error that sent one Millard home's value up about 60 percent in a single year.
In April 2026 the Douglas County Assessor acknowledged a years-long neighborhood-assignment mistake, and one Millard home's value rose about 60 percent, roughly 195,000 dollars, in a single year. The error had quietly held that home below its market value for years. When the correction landed, the full jump arrived in one notice instead of being spread out.
What happened with the Millard property tax assessment error?
The county had assigned the home to the wrong neighborhood grouping, the unit a mass-valuation system uses to set value across many homes at once. For about five years the home carried a value that did not match the area it actually sits in. When the assessor caught and reversed the assignment, the corrected value snapped up roughly 60 percent at once. A single notice carried the entire catch-up, which is how a years-long undercount can read as one dramatic increase.
Look up if you are overpaying on your Millard home.
Could a similar error sit on other Millard homes?
Millard is a large suburban swath of southwest Omaha with thousands of single-family homes grouped together for valuation. A neighborhood-assignment that drifts in one direction can drift in another, and a value set off the wrong grouping runs higher than it should every year until someone reviews it. A Fair Appeal review is free, and FairAppeal handles the Douglas County property tax appeal on the owner's behalf, presenting the case to the Board of Equalization. There are no upfront costs, and the fee, when it applies, is a percentage of first-year tax savings.
Related reading: the full Douglas County protest guide and the June 30 protest deadline.
Frequently asked questions
- How much did the Millard home's value go up?
- About 60 percent, roughly 195,000 dollars, in a single year. The county had undervalued the home for about five years because of a neighborhood-assignment error, so the corrected value arrived all at once on one notice rather than gradually.
- What caused the Millard assessment mistake?
- The Douglas County Assessor had assigned the home to the wrong neighborhood grouping, the unit used to set value across many homes at once. That assignment held the value below market for years until the county caught and reversed it in 2026.
- Can a Douglas County value be challenged after a big jump?
- Yes. Nebraska opens a valuation protest window from June 1 to June 30 every year. A protest goes to the Douglas County Board of Equalization, every protest gets an independent referee review, and there is no county filing fee.