In my experience, your new assessment shows up online on BC Assessment's website on the last business day of December, the day before the official release, and the notice follows in the mail in early January. For 2027, that means December 31, 2026. The value is your property's market value as of July 1, 2026, and if you want to appeal, the deadline is February 1, 2027.

It may be. BC Assessment values every property in the province at the same time, from sales data, without coming inside your home, so the value on your notice can miss what your home would actually sell for. If it is too high, you pay more than your share of property tax. Enter your address and assessed value here, and I will tell you whether you are eligible to appeal.

BC Assessment's website lets you search any property in British Columbia by address for free, including your neighbours'. Once you have your assessed value, enter it here with your address, and I will tell you whether you are eligible to appeal. Whether an appeal is worth it is something I go over with you on a one on one call.

BC Assessment is the provincial Crown corporation that values every property in British Columbia once a year. Your city, town or regional district then uses that value to set your property tax, so if your assessed value is too high, you pay more than your share.

BC Assessment values every property in the province at once using mass appraisal. It groups similar homes, looks at what comparable homes sold for around July 1 of the year before, and applies that to each home based on what it has on file, such as size, age, condition, location, view and waterfront. Your value is only as good as that data, which is why your property record card matters.

In my 2026 Vancouver Island Tax Roll Audit, I checked 7,079 single family homes sold on Vancouver Island in 2025 against their 2026 assessments. BC Assessment's value matched the sale price exactly on only 63, less than 1%. 4,211 were assessed below what they sold for, and 2,805 above.

Yes. Your property tax is your assessed value multiplied by your local tax rate, so a lower assessed value means a lower bill. If the reduction comes after you have paid, the difference comes back to you as a refund or credit. Every homeowner I have helped win a reduction has received a property tax refund or credit.

BC Assessment says changes in your assessment do not automatically translate into the same change in your property taxes. I disagree. If a higher assessment does not mean higher taxes, why has every homeowner I have helped win a reduction received a refund or credit? The math on your bill is simple: assessed value times the tax rate. If your assessed value is too high, you pay more than your share, and that is exactly what an appeal fixes.

An appeal has 2 levels. Level 1 is the Property Assessment Review Panel: for 2027, file your Notice of Complaint by February 1, 2027, because January 31 falls on a Sunday. Level 2 is the Property Assessment Appeal Board, an independent tribunal that hears your appeal brand new, and the deadline is April 30, 2027. You can see every result on my appeal record.

Yes. Enter your address and BC Assessment value and you get your property review checklist right away, free, with no payment and no obligation. Every BC property owner is eligible to appeal. Your checklist shows what I review on every appeal and your next step, and you decide from there.