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Re:If you sell a house these days, the buyer might be a pens... by dragonwriter on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @12:08PM (#27449542)
> My understanding is that, except in towns/cities undergoing gentrification, U.S. municipal property taxes are pretty constant (modulo inflation).

Yes, except for places experiencing increasing real property values, real property taxes aren’t increasing.

But the discussion was about places with sustained real property value increase, so that generality is irrelevant.

The scare scenario is still wrong, but for different reasons.

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Re:If you sell a house these days, the buyer might be a pens... by harambae on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @04:35PM (#27452873)
>Yes, except for places experiencing increasing real property values, real property taxes aren’t increasing.

Unless you're referencing the California instances in which Prop 13 protects homeowners from increases of more than 2%, I'm not sure what you mean. Nationwide property taxes increase over 5% YoY, while general inflation was far less [0]

[0] https://www.marketwatch.com/story/homeowners-are-facing-the-...

[1] https://www.statista.com/statistics/244983/projected-inflati...

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