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I bought my house for 225k, our neighborhood is selling for 650k now. My mortgage is much more affordable than the rents that have gone up over the years to mo
by supernovae 5y ago
I bought my house for 225k, our neighborhood is selling for 650k now.
My mortgage is much more affordable than the rents that have gone up over the years to more closely reflect the 650k pricing.
But damn the taxes are gonna hurt everyone here... renter or owner (as the renter you're just covering them for the owner)
- TravHatesMe 5y agoTaxes are a function of municipal costs and the value of all properties. If they all go up equally in value and costs remain constant then your taxes should not increase
- Spooky23 5y agoIn theory, you are correct. In practice, in a city or area with different valuations it may vary. For example, in my city, 70% of households rent and half of those are in the hood. Bad neighborhood valuations are essentially a factor of Section 8 prevailing rent, and many properties fall off (as they stop meeting HUD standards) and get abandoned as they decay, because slumlords. The effect is that in a good neighborhood, your pro rata share of the levy always climbs, even without an increase in value.
- TravHatesMe 5y agoGreat point. I wanted to point that out though because some people assume that there is a proportional relationship between property value and taxes.
- kelnos 5y agoIn practice, though, that's not the case. In many jurisdictions you get yearly reassessments as to your home's value, and your taxes change to match that value. I don't think I've heard of a place where they decide to lower your taxes (or keep them the same) when your home value is reassessed higher, regardless of what's happening with municipal costs.
- supernovae 5y agoMy property taxes have gone up 10% year over year and in 2 years my property taxes will surpass my mortgage.