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>Think about how rents have changed over the past few years versus home sale prices In my area, rents have gone up concurrent with house prices - but aren't fa
by poulsbohemian 4y ago
>Think about how rents have changed over the past few years versus home sale prices
In my area, rents have gone up concurrent with house prices - but aren't falling now that sales inventory is falling, because those owners still want to cover the mortgage.
> property taxes should not be based on the "full cash value" of a property
That's not quite how property taxes are calculated, at least not in the two states where I sell real estate. In fact, even after a house has recently sold and there is a new market value established, the property tax basis doesn't increase up to that new market price. I just went through this with an out-of-area buyer, where I took the houses I sold last year that were comps to the one they wanted to buy and showed them the new tax assessment for this year. Yes each had increased, but nowhere near the market value (in fact, the tax assessed value was between 50-60% of the market prices).
- jlhawn 4y agoMy comment was more about California, specifically, as that's what the original post was about. The state constitution uses the term "full cash value". I dislike the term "Assessed value" because so many people assume it's the same as "appraised value" which is a term that buyers, sellers, lenders, and real estate agents are usually more familiar with. I very much agree with the OP in that I think we should be explicit about the subsidies and/or exemptions that we give instead of hiding them in the way that taxes are assessed.