CLAYTON — ºüÀêÊÓƵ County Executive Sam Page’s property values and taxes dropped last year, too.
Page’s five-bed, five-bath, 5,800-square-foot Creve Coeur home dropped in value by $19,800 to $1.69 million, and his tax bill fell by 4% or $950 to about $22,300.
“Dr. Page is disappointed that the value of his home went down,†spokeswoman Elizabeth Eisele wrote in an emailed statement.
Home sales prices drove the changes in appraised value for homes both big and small in last year’s ºüÀêÊÓƵ County assessment. Prices generally went up across the board in recent years, but the pricier properties saw the smallest increases. While sales prices skyrocketed for smaller, cheaper homes in North County, driving up assessments there, a lack of demand for expensive properties caused sales to slow, according to experts.
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A sliver — about 3% — saw their appraised values drop or stay the same compared to two years ago, and they tended to be bigger, more expensive and built on bigger lots.
Former County Executive Steve Stenger saw the appraised value of his 3,300-square-foot Clayton home decrease to $1.36 million from $1.43 million, and his tax bill dropped by $1,960 to $17,540.
County Council members, however, saw increases that match with the county’s trends for the most part, but none more than Councilwoman Shalonda Webb of unincorporated North County.
Webb’s home increased in value to $206,300 from $160,300, or about 29%, and her tax bill increased by $611 to $3,524.
The rest of the council who are homeowners saw increases too:
- District 1 Councilwoman Rita Heard Days of Bel-Nor saw her home’s value increase to $227,100 from $198,300, or about 15%, though her tax bill remained roughly the same.
- District 2 Councilwoman Kelli Dunaway of Chesterfield saw a 21% increase to $349,100 from $287,400, and her tax bill increased by about $415 to $4,200.
- District 3 Councilman Dennis Hancock of Fenton saw a 17% increase to $261,800 from $222,900. His tax bill went up $410 to roughly $3,530.
- District 5 Councilwoman Lisa Clancy of Maplewood is renting.
- District 6 Councilman Ernie Trakas of unincorporated South County saw a 13% increase in his home’s value to $327,600 from $289,900. His tax bill went up by $609 to $4,125.
- District 7 Councilman Mark Harder of Ballwin saw a roughly 16% increase to $361,200 from $312,700, and a $356 tax bill increase to $4,796.
County Assessor Jake Zimmerman saw his Olivette home’s value increase by about 4% to $981,400 from $947,900. His tax bill went up by $83 to $13,228.
Page is an anesthesiologist by training, though his full-time job is as county executive. He earned $140,387 in his county position in 2022.