1058 W. Club Blvd.

OLD VALUE: $28,831,419

NEW VALUE: $35,819,008

2007 TAX BILL: $418,632.20

2008 TAX BILL: $447,057.04

DIFFERENCE: + $28,424.84 (7 percent increase)

Northgate Shopping Center has been under intense renovations since 2005, boosting its value since the last county-wide revaluation.

1810 CEDAR ST.

OLD VALUE: $924,653

NEW VALUE: $1,776,284

2007 TAX BILL: $13,425.97

2008 TAX BILL: $22,169.80

DIFFERENCE: + $8,743.83 (65 percent increase)

This historic five-bedroom colonial was designed by George Watts Carr in 1935, but the home gained notoriety in 2001, when owner Kathleen Peterson was murdered there. Her husband Michael Peterson was later convicted of killing her. Jason Balius, a restaurateur, and wife Anastasia bought the home in 2004 for $640,000. It is now on the market for $1.7 million.

906 CAROLINA AVE.

OLD VALUE: $69,281

NEW VALUE: $203,781

2007 TAX BILL: $1,005.96

2008 TAX BILL: $2,610.43

DIFFERENCE: + $1,604.47 (159 percent increase)

Owner Marcia Kirinus downsized from a five-bedroom home a couple of years ago and moved into a modest two-bedroom mill house to save money. She added 400 square feet to the cottage, expanding her kitchen and adding a half bath, and her home's value nearly tripled. "I want to pay my fair share in taxes. But the leap is huge," said Kirinus, who works in the biology department at Duke University.

4926 STEPHENS LANE

OLD VALUE: $126,995

NEW VALUE: $172,263

2007 TAX BILL: $921.97* (age 65+ credit of 50 percent)

2008 TAX BILL: $1,075.01

DIFFERENCE: + $153.04 (17 percent increase)

Marge Blackwell, 84, said she had more pressing issues -- a long illness and hospital stay for her husband Bob -- than to appeal her revaluation. "At our age," she said, "we just try to avoid anything that will subject us to more worry." The increase she'll see is small compared to many other homeowners, but $153 "still makes a hole in a budget," she said.

5901 CHEEK ROAD

OLD VALUE: $226,627

NEW VALUE: $254,142

2007 TAX BILL: $2,235.69

2008 TAX BILL: $2,162.78

DIFFERENCE: - $72.91 (3 percent decrease)

"I thought I was paying too much to start with," owner Billie Bordeaux said of her tax reduction. She agrees with the county's appraisal of her five-bedroom, 3.5-bath home, which is outside city limits and subject to only county and fire district taxes.

GENERAL ELECTRIC FACTORY

3701 S. Miami Blvd.

OLD VALUE: $27,561,972

NEW VALUE: $41,556,470

2007 TAX BILL: $400,199.83

2008 TAX BILL: $518,666.30

DIFFERENCE: +118,466.47 (30 percent increase)

This factory is near RTP, but within Durham city limits, responsible for both city and county taxes.

BIOMERIEUX INC.

150 Akzo Blvd.

OLD VALUE: $21,269,201

NEW VALUE: $20,641,356

2007 TAX: $190,146.66

2008 TAX: $158,546.26

DIFFERENCE: -$31,600.40 (17 percent decrease)

The Treyburn facility is owned by a global biomedical technology group, which focuses on in vitro diagnostics. It is outside city limits, so it pays only county taxes.

KBI BIOPHARMA PROPERTIES

1101 Hamlin Road

OLD VALUE: $7,544,110

NEW VALUE: $14,106,433

2007 TAX: $71,593.61

2008 TAX: $115,052.07

DIFFERENCE: +$43,458.46 (61 percent increase)

This biopharmaceutical facility is in N.C. Technical Park -- not to be confused with Research Triangle Park -- but is also outside the city.

OLD CATSBURG STORE

1110 Old Oxford Road

OLD VALUE: $48,502

NEW VALUE: $102,459

2007 TAX: $460.28

2008 TAX: $835.66

DIFFERENCE: +$375.38 (82 percent increase)

This abandoned country store is at the junction of Old Oxford and Hamlin roads. County taxes only.

2411 DEARBORN DRIVE

OLD VALUE: $77,661

NEW VALUE: $90,902

2007 TAX BILL: $1,127.63

2008 TAX BILL: $1,134.55

DIFFERENCE: + $6.92 (.6 percent increase)

Owners Igusta, 78, and James McEachern, 77, have lived in their three-bedroom, 1973 ranch-style home since it was built. Both are retired. Money is tight, so even $7 makes a dent, they said.

GLAXOSMITHKLINE OFFICE BUILDING

5 Moore Drive

OLD VALUE: $56,875,535

NEW VALUE: $51,874,531

2007 TAX BILL: $543,938.27

2008 TAX BILL: $432,737.34

DIFFERENCE: -$111,200.93 (20 percent decrease)

Located in Research Triangle Park, the pharmaceutical company pays only county taxes on its Durham facility. It will save money this year.

HILL BUILDING

111 N. Corcoran St.

OLD VALUE: $5,434,918

NEW VALUE: $4,365,433

2007 TAX BILL: $39,457.51

2008 TAX BILL: $27,242.48

DIFFERENCE: -12,215.03 (31 percent decrease)

Built in 1937, this downtown landmark known as the CCB or Suntrust building qualifies for 50 percent historic tax exemption.

THE STREETS AT SOUTHPOINT

6910 Fayetteville Road

OLD VALUE: $82,495,201

NEW VALUE: $168,959,889

2007 TAX BILL: $1,197,830.31

2008 TAX BILL: $2,108,788.37

DIFFERENCE: + $910,958.06 (76 percent increase)

The last time the county assigned property values was in 2001, a year before The Streets at Southpoint became the Triangle's shopping mecca.

351 W. MAIN ST.

OLD VALUE: $107,797

NEW VALUE: $315,197

2007 TAX BILL: $1,565.21

2008 TAX BILL: $3,933.97

DIFFERENCE: + $2,368.76 (151 percent increase)

The home, owned by William Coke and Kate Dobbs Ariail, is a former store and office building, but was changed to residential space in the late 1980s.

11 PINE TOP PLACE

OLD VALUE: $681,060

NEW VALUE: $806,677

2007 TAX BILL: $9,888.99

2008 TAX BILL: $10,068.14

DIFFERENCE: +179.15 (2 percent increase).

This four-bedroom, 3.5-bath house is the home of Ellen Reckhow, chairwoman of the county Board of Commissioners.

311 SHETLAND ROAD

OLD VALUE: $240,208

NEW VALUE: $304,236

2007 TAX BILL: $2,232.45

2008 TAX BILL: $2,426.84

DIFFERENCE: +$194.39 (9 percent increase)

This 2,300-square-foot Rougemont home, owned by Charles Dickerson and Cheryl Blanton, is just north of Red Mountain Road. County and fire-district taxes only.

2302 CAROLINE DRIVE

OLD VALUE: $138,361

NEW VALUE: $150,731

2007 TAX BILL: $2,009

2008 TAX BILL: $1,881.27

DIFFERENCE: +127.73 (6 percent increase)

This 2,000-square-foot split-level owned by Charlie and Ella Gaines is in western Durham, near Sparger Rd. and U.S. 70.

1108 N. MANGUM ST.

OLD VALUE: $199,351

NEW VALUE: $323,641

2007 TAX BILL: $2,894.58

2008 TAX BILL: $4,039.36

DIFFERENCE: +$1,144.78 (40 percent increase)

Owner Len Stanley, a real estate agent, has appealed her home's revaluation once, getting it knocked down more than $30,000 to its current value. But she's still fighting. "There's no equity," she said, comparing her home's value to neighboring ones that have sold recently for much less. "I want them to see the old radiators, and that my house doesn't have central air." Stanley met again with an appraiser this week, and is awaiting the outcome.

1417 S. ALSTON AVE.

OLD VALUE: $89,242

NEW VALUE: $90,675

2007 TAX BILL: $1,295.80

2008 TAX BILL: $1,131.71

DIFFERENCE: - $164.09 (13 percent decrease)

Owners Willie and Mary Cherry are retired and are raising their two grandsons, ages 8 and 10. The savings on their tax bill "will pay the gas bill or light bill," said Willie Cherry, a 70-year-old veteran. "It would mean a lot."

VENABLE TOBACCO

302 E. Pettigrew St.

OLD VALUE: $2,905,655

NEW VALUE: $8,669,412

2007 TAX BILL: $42,190.11

2008 TAX BILL: $108,202.93

DIFFERENCE: + $66,012.82 (156 percent increase)

This complex in downtown was mostly empty in 2001, when the county last assigned property values. The building underwent renovations beginning in 2004 and its first tenant moved in in 2006.