By MICHAEL MARSHALL-FAITHAFA and MATTELLEE PEREZMANICUSThe capital needs to be rebuilt, the tolls have to be lowered and there have to go back to the drawing board, a top official for the Texas Department of Transportation told the Houston Chronicle.In Texas, property tax increases are the single largest source of revenue for the state government.But […]
For a while, it seemed as if you were getting on in years with less debt than you had.That changed when interest rates started going up and people started getting into mortgages, and the real estate market was going through a period of rapid growth.But now, even though the economy is humming, there are still […]
In the past, property developers would have to pay the New Jersey state government a tax on every dollar of their sales and development projects.The new law, signed last month, lets them charge a tax even if they don’t sell anything.The new law also allows them to charge a fee for a tax return even […]
Posted September 15, 2019 07:37:19 A federal judge has approved the sale of a minivan that a woman claims was used as a personal vehicle in the murder of her husband and two other people.The purchase agreement with the state of Minnesota was approved Wednesday by U.S. District Judge Peter Sullivan in St. Paul.In court […]
A property tax bill of $100,000 in the city of Houston has the city’s top tax collector saying he has no choice but to increase the citywide rate to protect the state’s revenue.The $10.4 million tax hike was approved Tuesday by the Houston City Council, which also approved $3 million for the city to buy […]
Palmer House properties may be your perfect rental for the holidays, but the rental tax deduction may be a bit of a headache.Here’s how you can use the tax deduction to save a few bucks.1.Renting with pornhub is tax-deductible2.Renters may qualify for a tax credit, but you have to qualify for it3.The tax deduction is […]
Updated February 14, 2019 18:21:55 The ABC’s property tax system is broken, so if you’ve got a property you don’t want to pay any more property tax and you’d like to see the calculator you can make it work, it looks like it will.This is the new ABC property tax app and you can sign […]
With condo prices spiralling and developers cutting back on the number of units in the city, there’s no shortage of options for buyers and sellers in the Toronto area.But some condo owners say they have been unable to sell their homes due to the condo shortage.In recent months, many condo owners have been selling their […]
New Zealand property owners can expect to see their rental properties rise in value again soon as the government launches a property appraisal program.The Land Acquisition and Land Development Agency (LADA) announced today it is set to launch a new appraisal service.It will allow property owners to buy properties with a low risk of the […]
In this week’s edition of TIME’s “Who’s Who in the Market for a Home,” we asked the experts what they think is the best way to approach a home purchase.“An appraiser is the one who takes your property value into account and tells you what the sale price should be,” says John Ritchie, a former […]