View Poll Results: Annual Property Taxes at Your Primary Residence?
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16.67%
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Property Taxes. How bad do you have it?

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Old Sep 27, 2005 | 09:47 AM
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Property Taxes. How bad do you have it?

They finally finished the re-assessment of my county and I got word today on our taxes. I knew it would be ugly, but had no idea it'd be this bad.

So I'm curious... Home owners for their primary residence. How bad you got it?



Me... $6024 a year.
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Old Sep 27, 2005 | 09:52 AM
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Amateur, come to NJ and you will learn what property taxes are all about. If you are building new construction here and not going into an adult community you can expect at least 10k, most likely more.

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Old Sep 27, 2005 | 10:17 AM
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right now, parents are paying ~$2500/year
The subdivision I just put down an offer in is ~$3000/year

Depending on where around here, I've seen it from 2000 to 4500.
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Old Sep 27, 2005 | 10:29 AM
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We haven't been assessed on the house yet, just the land. But from what my neighbors tell me, we're going to be in the $8500 + range for a 3br/2.5ba townhouse.

OH and we are going to get a bill for last years property taxes on the house. That'll be a nice $7000 bill.

SO, come October I'm getting a $9000 + tax bill.
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Old Sep 27, 2005 | 10:29 AM
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New 2006 property tax bill on my 1600 sq. ft. townhouse 10 miles from NYC is $8360.



Originally Posted by doopstr
Amateur, come to NJ and you will learn what property taxes are all about. If you are building new construction here and not going into an adult community you can expect at least 10k, most likely more.
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Old Sep 27, 2005 | 10:45 AM
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Originally Posted by JerseyJeff
New 2006 property tax bill on my 1600 sq. ft. townhouse 10 miles from NYC is $8360.

WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATTTTTTTT??????

That's f'in insane! What's the income tax and sales tax in NJ?
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Old Sep 27, 2005 | 10:51 AM
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$2400 a year on my condo in Arlington Heights....a "sought after area".
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Old Sep 27, 2005 | 11:03 AM
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$1900 a year on a 2 bed/2 bath condo (Chicagoland; NW suburbs)
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Old Sep 27, 2005 | 11:07 AM
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Well the NJ income tax varies like the fed tax rate.
Most people here probably fall into the 3.9%-7% range.

Sales tax is 6%.

BOHICA Bend over here it comes again.
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Old Sep 27, 2005 | 11:09 AM
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Originally Posted by Scrib
WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATTTTTTTT??????

That's f'in insane! What's the income tax and sales tax in NJ?

I think the sales tax is 6% in 19 counties and the remaining two counties have 3% on some items and 6% on others due to being the poorest in the state.

Not sure about income taxes though.
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Old Sep 27, 2005 | 11:26 AM
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Mine’s about 4,100 a year for everything.
And that’s a 3,000 Sq Ft, 3-Bedroom, 2 bath place sitting on 2 acres.
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Old Sep 27, 2005 | 11:34 AM
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I am now at ~$3500, townhome, 2300 sq ft, with maybe .2 land. It's decent for the area.
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Old Sep 27, 2005 | 12:04 PM
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Brand new townhouse in Northern Westchester County, NY: 2600 sq ft... 15' of property behind me = ~ $3200/year with the STAR deduction (which was very good for the area)

Brand new home outside of Charlotte, NC: 4500 sq ft, 1/2 acre of property = ~$3500/year
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Old Sep 27, 2005 | 12:38 PM
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fwiw, my sister's home in Oak Park is about 100 years old.... fully renovated/remodeled tho. property tax is just over $20k... eek
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Old Sep 27, 2005 | 12:39 PM
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$3600/yr, ~1800 sq ft, 3bed 1.5bath, corner lot with side garage.
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Old Sep 27, 2005 | 01:05 PM
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$2300/yr, ~1200sq ft, 3 bed, 1 bath, 2 car garage, 17,000 sq ft lot...

They just did a reval in town, so my bill went a couple of hundred over last year. House is assessed a little under 100K more then last year... BTW, assessed != appraised.

Assessment on the house went up, but the tax rate went down. Proposition 2 1/2 in MA.

One of my criteria for buying a house was the tax rate. Some people overlook this when shopping around for houses, but I knew that the town I'm in was lower then some of the other towns in the area.
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Old Sep 27, 2005 | 02:16 PM
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~$3300/year 1643 sqft 3br/2bthrm O' and NO STATE INCOME TAX in Texas
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Old Sep 27, 2005 | 03:03 PM
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Tax rate of @2200 just went up to @2600 on a three-bed two-bath 1880's Victorian rowhouse in a "gentrified" neighborhoo near Center City, Philadelphia (within the city limits) - total of about 1600 square feet, and the concept of parking attached to a row house in CC is laughable...... However, we won't pay the tax increase, as it will be implemented just after we close on the sale of the place; market is softening, and we didn't get what we wanted but we are closing at $405 - four times what we paid for it about ten years ago.

The low taxes for real estate are fully compensated for by the Philadelphia City Wage Tax.......
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Old Sep 27, 2005 | 05:09 PM
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Originally Posted by GreenMonster

One of my criteria for buying a house was the tax rate. Some people overlook this when shopping around for houses, but I knew that the town I'm in was lower then some of the other towns in the area.
That is a Extremly over looked thing here. there are many towns here where you could live in the ajoining town and pay half of what the others are paying. Check the local towns/cities to see whatr there mill rate is and when the last reval. Most times out of ten the mill rate will drop accordinly on the reval.

1600sq ft 3 bed 2 bath 2300 taxes
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Old Sep 27, 2005 | 05:48 PM
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how the hell do people afford the taxes, thats like 600 per month to the fucking gov't(state, local, whatever)

i know that is one of our criteria when we move, lower taxes
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Old Sep 27, 2005 | 06:26 PM
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ya'll are getting cleaned out on property taxes....here, even though it is hurricaneville/lower alabama, i may have to cough up $1500-$1800 next year. this year we're just paying on the land so i'm not sure how much that'll be.

and my house is a 1800sq 4bed 2 bath
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Old Sep 27, 2005 | 06:31 PM
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if you've a business, be sure to write off your home office and itemize all your expenses!
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Old Sep 27, 2005 | 06:32 PM
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Mine seems reasonable by comparison. $3800/yr. Prop 13
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Old Sep 27, 2005 | 06:43 PM
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Hey, guess where State Govs are going to turn to when they can't pay their Pension/Healthcare Benefits....you guessed it --- RAISE TAXES. :surrender

Enjoy! Another reason to not be bullish about home appreciation.
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Old Sep 27, 2005 | 06:50 PM
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$27 per $1000 assessed value here in Milwaukee which is too damn much.
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Old Sep 27, 2005 | 07:10 PM
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Originally Posted by jlukja
Mine seems reasonable by comparison. $3800/yr. Prop 13
Prop 13 owns.

Right now paying around $2700 /year and can only go up 2% per year.

However, if/when I move into a new house, my guess is property tax will be arround 8-10k /year
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Old Sep 28, 2005 | 09:03 AM
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Originally Posted by soopa
if you've a business, be sure to write off your home office and itemize all your expenses!


I write off the square footage of my den (office), and then turn that into a percentage of the size of the house and use that to write off my heat, electric, and so on. Also get to write off most of my cable modem bill... and anything I buy for it (new desk, new monitor, and so on).

I make out better from that then actual profits... LOL...
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Old Sep 28, 2005 | 12:35 PM
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Oh man you said it. NJ bore a huge hole in my ass - and wallet this year with reassessment.

Originally Posted by doopstr
Amateur, come to NJ and you will learn what property taxes are all about. If you are building new construction here and not going into an adult community you can expect at least 10k, most likely more.
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