New information about significant value increases for Napier properties should "alleviate the fear" from residents about potential rate rises.
Every three years property valuations are done for councils, with new rating values to be used to apply the basis for setting rates from July next year.
After Napier City Council's valuations - carried out for them by Quotable Value (QV) - were released last month concern arose about the substantial value increases across the city from the 2014 valuation.
For residential properties, the average land value increase was about 39 per cent. This means any properties with a higher increase would have rate increases, while any lower would see rates reduce.
Yesterday council revenue and treasury manager Ian Condon told the council's Finance Committee that areas within Ahuriri and Taradale had seen the greatest increase in land value - of 46.1 per cent, and 45.2 respectively - while Napier Hill land values saw the lowest increase at 12.3 per cent.