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I just got reassesed. The value of my lot went up $2 a square foot.

Date: 2003-07-10 08:27 pm (UTC)From: [identity profile] ravengirl.livejournal.com
this is a good thing, riiight?~
::subdued wooting::

Date: 2003-07-10 09:24 pm (UTC)From: [identity profile] low-delta.livejournal.com
Only if I want to sell it. And move out of town.

Date: 2003-07-10 09:28 pm (UTC)From: [identity profile] ravengirl.livejournal.com
why "and move out of town"?
is this the permanent house for all-time?
seriously- i think it is, but i don't know the plan~
...is there a plan? i always need one. plus a back-up.
heh.

Date: 2003-07-10 09:40 pm (UTC)From: [identity profile] low-delta.livejournal.com
I say that because increased property values only gain the owner one thing - is higher selling price. But if values go up in general, when one sells a house and buys a new one in the same area, he still doesn't gain anything. So the only way I'd gain is to sell it and move to a new area - one which hasn't had a similar gain in values.

So, no, the moving isn't really a plan.

Date: 2003-07-10 11:24 pm (UTC)From: [identity profile] hinterland.livejournal.com
are you selling?

Date: 2003-07-11 03:50 am (UTC)From: [identity profile] cynnerth.livejournal.com
I have no clue whether that's a lot or not.

Date: 2003-07-11 05:38 am (UTC)From: [identity profile] specificocean.livejournal.com
Such is your lot in life...(ours was reassessed as well)...

Date: 2003-07-11 06:39 am (UTC)From: [identity profile] low-delta.livejournal.com
Seems like a lot, but it isn't that much, really. It's less than your house went up last time.

Date: 2003-07-11 06:39 am (UTC)From: [identity profile] low-delta.livejournal.com
Nope. I may have to raise rent, though.

Date: 2003-07-11 09:44 am (UTC)From: [identity profile] vlinker.livejournal.com
increase values bring a higher tax bill and that goes to pay for the services you get from your town.....shouldn't the people that clean the streets get a pay raise now and then?...raise the rent on the other half of the duplex.....

Date: 2003-07-11 10:40 am (UTC)From: [identity profile] low-delta.livejournal.com
Sure they should. But it sure seems like a lot.

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Date: 2003-07-11 10:57 am (UTC)From: [identity profile] vlinker.livejournal.com
when was the last time the values changed?.....then look at the increase as an annual percentage....i'd bet that you're still below the annual cost of living increase

Date: 2003-07-11 12:49 pm (UTC)From: [identity profile] low-delta.livejournal.com
Three years ago. That's $5000 a year. And the house isn't in good enough shape to raise the rent much. If it keeps up, I won't be able to afford to live in this town anymore.

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Date: 2003-07-11 01:08 pm (UTC)From: [identity profile] vlinker.livejournal.com
yup, so goes the way of "progress"...

Date: 2003-07-11 09:27 pm (UTC)From: [identity profile] low-delta.livejournal.com
It bugs me not simply because it's raising my taxes, it bugs me because my tazes are going up just because everybody wants to live here.

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Date: 2003-07-12 08:46 am (UTC)From: [identity profile] vlinker.livejournal.com
that is the way of the world......i suppose you could try to institute a law to keep property values for tax purposes at the level they were when ou bought the place......but that would put you into the mess they have in CA

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