70% of Property Tax Values Rise
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By Barbara J. Isenberg, The Wichita Eagle, Kan.  Mar. 1--Values for nearly 70 percent of Sedgwick County homes will increase this year, with a median increase of 6 percent, County Appraiser Michael Borchard said Wednesday.
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NEW YORK, December 30  - The National Association of Realtors reported yesterday that the sales of existing homes in the US had risen to an all-time monthly high in November, surpassing expectations.
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Sales of new U.S. homes rose 16.2 percent in April, the sharpest climb in 14 years as builders slashed prices a record 11 percent, a government report showed on Thursday, signaling stabilization in the housing sector.
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Business & money: Values rose by 0.7% in September despite financial turmoil.
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Real estate prices depend a lot on local conditions.
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To help homeowners with high property taxes, Governor Deval Patrick is proposing to extend a disputed measure that temporarily allows municipalities to collect a greater share of taxes from business properties.
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Home values across the United States soared 32 percent during the first half of this decade, according to new data released on Tuesday by the U.S. Census Bureau.
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Demand for larger properties pushed house prices up by 2.1% in July, official government figures show.
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By Destin Log, Fla.  Sep. 9--Rumblings a month ago made it clear that the proposed 1-cent (16.7%) sales tax increase for Okaloosa County was in trouble weeks before the referendum went before the voting public.
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Residents of Brentwood, a changing working-class neighborhood in Northeast Washington booming with economic development, will see a 46 percent increase in their 2008 property values, city officials said yesterday.
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House prices grew by 1.3% in September, the Nationwide says, lifting the annual growth rate to 8.2%.
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By Jake Griffin  jgriffin@@dailyherald.com  It's been three years since Naperville increased the impact fees residential developers pay to the park and school districts.  Residential land values in town, meanwhile, have continued to rise.
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The percentage of mortgages entering foreclosure rose to a record level during the three months that ended June 30, according to a survey released today.
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The highlight is a 7 percent across-the-board cut in the property tax rate, more than Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg proposed in January.
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Home values across the United States  soared 32 percent during the first half of this decade,  according to new data released on Tuesday by the U.S. Census  Bureau.
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â¢ The average home in the United States gained in market value by 9.4 percent from mid-2003 to mid-2004. That increase is more than three times the rate of inflation for goods and services
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Americans are willing to pay higher taxes to do it, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News Poll.