Of all the dozens of features buyers look for in a home purchase, property taxes barely bubble into the conversation. Must haves are things like number of bedrooms, bathrooms and garages. A property tax rate of xx% is never a delineating factor. In part that is because people have already processed the pro’s and con’s of the various areas that attract their attention. Indirectly, the cost of property taxes has already been judged as one of the many components of a city’s attributes.
One sees property tax comparisons much more frequently in this type of format. Here it is presented as a bragging point for the city which included it in its newsletter.
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