5 Signs Your Georgia Property Is Over-Assessed (And What to Do About It)

In Gwinnett County, 82.2% of property tax appeals succeeded in 2025. Here are 5 signs yours should be next.

5 Signs Your Georgia Property Is Over-Assessed (And What to Do About It) In Gwinnett County alone, 20,229 homeowners filed property tax appeals in 2025 — and 82.2% of them won. The average reduction was $80,029 in assessed fair market value. Those aren't lottery odds. Those are near-certainties that thousands of Georgia homeowners are paying more in property taxes than they should be. If you've opened your annual assessment notice and felt that familiar gut punch — that can't be right — you're probably not imagining things. Georgia's property tax collections grew 41% between 2018 and 2022, and assessments from the 2020–2022 housing peak are still flowing into current notices even as the market has cooled. The median Georgia home sits around $360,000 with days on market stretching to 84 — yet many counties are still assessing as if bidding wars never ended. The question isn't whether over-assessed property tax bills exist in Georgia. They do, by the tens of thousands. The question is whether yours is one of them. Here are five signs that point to yes — and exactly how to check each one right now. Sign 1: Your Assessment Jumped 10% or More From Last Year Georgia counties reassess every property annually under O.C.G.A. § 48-5-6, and in fast-growing metro Atlanta suburbs, those reassessments can be aggressive. A double-digit increase doesn't automatically mean an error, but it does mean your county thinks your home's fair market value surged — and that claim deserves scrutiny. Why it matters for an appeal County assessors rely on mass appraisal models that apply broad trends across neighborhoods. When a handful of homes in your ZIP code sell high, the model can pull every nearby property upward — even homes that wouldn't actually fetch those prices. A sharp year-over-year jump is often…