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Amendment 3 would mean most homeowners pay less in property taxes – but that may not end up significantly lowering their costs.
Florida’s population boom has fizzled to just 0.9% growth as domestic migration slows to a trickle.
Deed fraud is a persistent problem in the Detroit area. Only a fraction of victims get justice.
Property tax reform in Detroit could boost homeownership and attract new residents and businesses.
Detroit seniors pay more in homeowner’s insurance, utilities and property tax, and those on fixed incomes can struggle to make ends meet.
The case for taxing wealth has historically come from the political mainstream – so why is it so unpalatable now?
Most people think it’s a bad tax – here’s an alternative that could be much more palatable.
Rayner’s case highlights the complexities of a system every UK housebuyer is expected to get to grips with.
Stamp duty has been around for centuries but it is bad in principle and poor in execution.
Candidates to be the next mayor of Detroit want to help build back neighborhoods. A real estate policy expert has some ideas.
A perfect storm of rising costs and declining revenues is stressing many US city budgets – and the Trump administration isn’t likely to send much help.
Critics argue that church tax exemptions represent millions in lost government revenue. However, others say that churches can and should use their funds to support local communities.
An estimated 95% of US cities provide economic development tax incentives to woo corporate investors, taking billions away from schools.
A buyer could have to pay GST on a ‘substantially renovated’ home, but there’s often uncertainty about whether a renovation counts as substantial or not. A simple test could resolve the issue.
Labour’s 2021 property tax changes were meant to lower the cost of housing. But without a proper capital gains tax it only hurt investors and renters, and made the tax system overall less coherent.
A new study of Florida’s fiscal vulnerability to climate change finds that flooding directly threatens many local tax bases.
A school finance expert and an education law scholar make the case for why reparations should be paid to African Americans by changing the way schools are funded.
New York City’s municipal budget relies heavily on the property taxes of extremely high-value real estate. That drives gentrification and distorts local policy in other ways that hurt residents.
The conventional case for swapping stamp duty for land tax will boost the economy has weak underpinnings.
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