another bloody yank

New York State wins three of the top five spots for the "Counties with the highest Property Taxes" award! Yay NYS!!!


http://realestate.yahoo.com/promo/wh...rty-taxes.html

scrubbedexpat097

Whoops........I knew there was a bill that needed paying this month. Thanks for the reminder

I guess we get off pretty easy compared to a lot of places

another bloody yank

Shhhh....! Christ, if the revenue types figure it out we'll be right up there with the Coasts!

AmerLisa

We pay right at $3k, but if we move further north some day (god will real estate ever sort itself out?!?) our taxes will probably increase another thousand....

elfman

come to New Jersey - then you'll know what high property taxes are

chrisfromusa

Close friend of mine lives in Freehold Twp. in a 2 bedroom single floor townhouse, $1200 a month!

tamms_1965

I used to pay about 5800 a year for my old house (close to 4000 sq ft) but only pay 3200 for my 1800 sq ft place now.

Giantaxe

A rather meaningless exercise given that some states have high property taxes but low income and sales taxes, whereas others a different combination. About the only meaningful comparison is the total tax take of each state.

ChocolateBabz

$9,282.11 Property Tax
$3,024.74 MUD Tax

cindyabs

Is MUD some sort of municipal tax, she asked fearfully?

another bloody yank

It does a pretty good job of comparing property tax though.

ChocolateBabz

Yup we are in a Municipal Utility District Tax and then of course there are the HOA Fees.....

scrubbedexpat097

But..but..but.....we live in the same county????

Did you dispute it? Do you have homestead exemption??

cindyabs

Gotcha. We are comparatively lucky here in that we don't have a separate municipal tax. However, my property taxes went up this year because no subsidy from the state for 09 and increased costs for city services combined with loss of income for the city and Bob's your uncle. Oh yeah, and they RAISED the value of my house, even though if I sold it for 3/4 of that, I'd be doing well.....

ChocolateBabz

Yup that's after the Homestead Exemption - it is a big house (4300 sq ft) and it's in a new development. I am just glad the appraised value was a bit less than what we paid.