In a published opinion issued by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in GM Berkshire Hills v. Berks County Board of Assessment, 290 A.3d 238 (Pa. 2023), a split court upheld the ability of school districts to file real estate tax assessment appeals on recently sold, underassessed properties.

In GM Berkshire Hills, GM Berkshire Hills, LLC and GM Oberlin Berkshire Hills, LLC purchased 47 residential buildings containing 408 rental units for a combined sales price of $54,250,000 in 2017, the opinion said.