Fairhaven Property Taxes: What Home Buyers Need to Know

A Massachusetts property tax bill is the town's current tax rate, set annually, applied to the home's assessed value, which the town reassesses on its own schedule and which does not always match the purchase price. A buyer comparing one home's tax bill to another's should check whether both assessments are current, since a recently reassessed home and one that has not been reassessed in several years can show very different numbers for similar properties.

Fairhaven's residential tax rate for fiscal year 2026 is $9.19 per thousand dollars of assessed value, set by the town and published in its own annual report. A home assessed at $600,000 carries an annual tax bill of roughly $5,514 at that rate, before any applicable exemptions. Rates are set annually, so treat this figure as current for fiscal year 2026 and re-check it against the town's own numbers once a new fiscal year sets in.

The Town of Fairhaven Assessor's office publishes the current fiscal year's tax rate directly, and that is the source to check before budgeting a specific monthly payment, not a figure from a year-old article. For a specific property you are considering, the current assessed value and tax bill are both public record and worth pulling before you make an offer.

I check the current rate and the specific property's assessment with every buyer before we talk through a real monthly payment, so there are no surprises after closing. I am Susan Gorden Ryan, and if you are budgeting for a Fairhaven home, get in touch and I will pull the current numbers for the specific property you are considering.