A tax deed is a legal document that allows a city or county to transfer ownership of a property that has gone into tax foreclosure. Find out how they work.

However, when you’re added to a property deed, you may be eligible for certain property tax exemptions or deductions, especially if the property qualifies as your primary residence.

Ms. Hughes states that legislators and Gov. Phil Scott should “make it a priority to tax second-home owners more.” Her reasoning is that the education portion of her tax bill is higher as a homestead ...

According to a memo from Finance Director Bina Patel, the rejected tax increase for 2024 could mean the city needs to increase property taxes as high as 14.1% in 2025.

That would mean, if voters were to approve the amendment, the administration and city council would have the authority to raise the deed transfer tax, which is currently assessed at 2%, with 1% ...

Opinion: Wording of the Allentown deed transfer tax question created confusion, skewed vote. Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 59°F. Sunday, June 15th 2025 Daily e-Edition.

Instead of providing relief, County Supervisor Terra Lawson-Remer proposed hiking taxes by $1 billion in her “State of the County” address by increasing the “transfer tax,” a tax on the transfer of ...

That would mean, if voters were to approve the amendment, City Council would have the authority to raise the deed transfer tax, which is currently assessed at 2%, with 1% going to the state and ...

As a homeowner, you dutifully pay your property taxes every year, no matter how painful. Notwithstanding Proposition 13’s tax limitations, California is not a low property tax state.

Nearly four years into California’s new property tax transfer law, just over half of applicants are being approved. From July 1, 2022, to June 30, 2023, the most recent data available, 56% of ...

The Nova Scotia Association of Realtors and others have said the province's non-resident deed transfer tax, which increases to 10 per cent from five per cent on April 1, could turn off buyers.

As a supplemental fee to the Realty Transfer Tax paid by a property's seller, homebuyers are required to pay what is known as a Mansion Tax when purchasing a residential property for $1 million or ...