Re:Why NYC Rent Is So High (It’s Not Airbnb)
by clamprecht on Tuesday July 19, 2016 @01:39PM
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Why don't they just assess it accurately and lower the tax rate to a normal amount, making it more transparent and predictable? It seems owners are at the mercy of the assessed value, which the city could crank up arbitrarily?
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Re:Why NYC Rent Is So High (It’s Not Airbnb)
by soreal on Tuesday July 19, 2016 @01:44PM
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Well, the assessment in NYC, unlike other places is actually pretty predictable and transparent, but not simple.
If you are Class 1, it is 6% of FMV If you are Class 2+ it is 45% of FMV
https://www1.nyc.gov/site/finance/taxes/definitions-of-prope...
Re:Why NYC Rent Is So High (It’s Not Airbnb)
by bradleyjg on Tuesday July 19, 2016 @01:47PM
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Except the FMV of condo and condominium units aren't actually fair market values. Instead they are based on a model designed to figure out what income the building would produce if it were a rental building.
And that's before taking abatements into account. The system overall is not very transparent.
Re:Why NYC Rent Is So High (It’s Not Airbnb)
by me2i81 on Tuesday July 19, 2016 @01:52PM
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Right, so you get an effective rate of 1.2% of FMV for class 1, 5.8% of FMV for class 2. So the rate is just a bit higher than California for class 1, which might explain why brownstones are so expensive in NYC relative to larger buildings.