"Gould 0738" wrote in message
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My house's appraised value is up almost 50%
since Jan. '01. That's nuts.

My county appraisal went up over 40% last year.

Many people feel that state and local taxes are rising faster than federal
taxes are falling.

Floridians don't feel that way...since we have no state income tax.

Floridians don't feel that way...since we have no state income tax.

Nor do we in Washington State. You pay other taxes instead. Sounds like your
local assessor has become super aggressive in updating the value of your real
property. The motivation behind that is most likely *not* to save you money in
property taxes.

Still, the state and local tax bills are piling up quickly. Part of the problem
is the FEDGOV has not come through with the funding promised for the Homeland
Security measures they demanded from the various states.

My house "assessed" at quite a bit less than it recently "appraised" for.
I'm glad it appraised so high...it helped me refinance and consolidate
without the need to pay PMI.



"Gould 0738" wrote in message
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Floridians don't feel that way...since we have no state income tax.

Nor do we in Washington State. You pay other taxes instead. Sounds like
your
local assessor has become super aggressive in updating the value of your
real
property. The motivation behind that is most likely *not* to save you
money in
property taxes.

Still, the state and local tax bills are piling up quickly. Part of the
problem
is the FEDGOV has not come through with the funding promised for the
Homeland
Security measures they demanded from the various states.