“SEABROOK — With tax bills due out next week, the owners of the average $282,000 home should see an increase of about $412 in their tax bill when compared to last year, with beach property owners paying about $1,000 more.
The reason for the uncharacteristic rise is that the town’s 2017 tax rate is going up to $16.25 per $1,000 in assessed value. That’s 61 cents, or 9.9 percent, more than the 2016 rate of $14.79, according to selectmen. The increase could have been greater, but selectmen voted to apply $2 million from the town’s reserves to offset the impact and lower the rate. Without that input of cash, the rate would be $17.80 per $1,000.”
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