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Re:Visualizing Philadelphia tax changes parcel by parcel by pselle on Wednesday March 06, 2013 @04:06PM (#5333923)
I'm not the reporter on the project, but from what I've heard in the media, it sounds that renters are supposedly the biggest losers -- some properties are seeing thousands of dollars in tax increases, which they'll most assuredly pass onto renters in a tax hike (my opinion, also that of some other Philadelphians). Related article: http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/local//taxipedia/51402-ar...
Re:Visualizing Philadelphia tax changes parcel by parcel by gertef on Wednesday March 06, 2013 @05:49PM (#5334569)
assuredly why? is rental pricing competition purely cost-driven?

Since rental units don't have much marginal cost, that seems unlikely -- They are capital investments, financed by mortgages or owned outright.