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Property assessments hold the line across region Most highly valued Saanich home tucked away in Broadmead Travis Paterson News staff
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The 12th man Lambrick Park baseball academy student Jake Bosence stands on the deck of a B.C. Ferries vessel on an early morning run from Swartz Bay to Tsawwassen en route to watch the Seattle Seahawks play the St. Louis Rams. Bosence and his dad, Tod, attended the Dec. 28 game, and are part of a growing number of Greater Victoria residents who make the trip across the border to support the Seahawks. As NFL teams allow only eleven players per team on the field at a time, the 12th man implies that fans serve a helpful role in their support of their team. See Page A13 for the story.
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Property value analysis from B.C. Assessment shows the average assessed home value in Saanich increased or decreased slightly from 2014, but the Crown corporation says the changes are ‘nothing substantive.’ Assessment notices will begin showing up at Greater Victoria homes this week. Most homeowners will see moderate range with decreases in value from about minus two per cent to increases of up to three per cent in some areas. “The only trend, and there’s not much of one, is a wee dip in some parts of the Western communities of one to two per cent, and a modest increase of one to two per cent in Victoria, Oak Bay, Saanich and Central Saanich,” said Reuben Danakody, assessor for B.C. Assessment Capital Region. In Saanich, assessments are categorized by school district boundaries. The average SD61 assessment increased slightly from $497,000 last year to $503,000 this year. In SD63, assessments decreased on average from $683,000 to $679,000 over the same period. PlEASE SEE: Property assessments to arrive this week, Page A5
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