As the debate in North Carolina over how best to address property tax reform unfolds, levy limits are likely to take center stage as a viable policy option. Levy limits…
During the pandemic, property values surged across North Carolina, generating frustration among residents whose property tax bills have risen faster than their incomes. In response, the General Assembly established the…
The FTC's action against the Louisiana Real Estate Appraisers Board for using its powers to fix prices should be a wake-up call to North Carolina policymakers.
Mills River residents showed up in force to a town council meeting to reject a proposal for a residential substance abuse treatment program proposed for a house in their neighborhood.…
Study: Year-round school calendars could hurt home prices — based on data from Wake County.
Property taxes, while they are the largest revenue source for local governments, have not had much interference at the state level and remain a locally controlled revenue source. Real property…
I noticed the Biltmore Estate was hiring a stable worker. I asked me mum if serving as city council correspondent for fifteen years would qualify me. Moving away from the…
In the maximally postponed Macon County reval, the net worth of real estate dove, and so a tax increase, which would impact the middle-class homes more than the McMansions is…
Bill Moss of the Hendersonville Lightning thinks city council is shopping the question of what to do with the site of the old Grey Hosiery Mill. A new appraisal would…
A solar home appraised at $220,000 in order to win the People’s Choice Award in the 2011 US Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon, just sold for $15,000.
In Swain County, 1200 property owners who appealed their revaluations have not yet received new valuations. The initial reval notices were mailed on April 19, and property owners were given…
JLF’s Sarah Curry analyzes Forsyth County Rep. Ed Hanes’ bill to keep the 2008 tax values in place until 2016: Legislators need to quit doing the dirty work for the…