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Property insurance rates are set to rise across Waterloo after city council voted against a small tax hike to speed up improvements to its fire department.
Consultant CGI warned this year that it was downgrading the city’s Fire Underwriters Survey rating from a 3 to a 4.
The ratings are used by insurance companies to set rates [...]

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GROUP TO LOOK AT FORECLOSURES – The city has established a Foreclosure Roundtable to try to address a spike in the number of filings for home foreclosures. According to city officials, Brockton has some of the highest foreclosure rates in Plymouth County. The roundtable will offer a discussion among city officials, bankers, and real estate [...]

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Homeowners will have to dig a little deeper to pay their bills after selectmen last night unanimously approved a property tax increase that will bump the average yearly bill more than $250 to $4,820.
The rate jumped from $11.86 per thousand dollars of assessed value in fiscal 2007 to $12.53 in fiscal 2008. The new rate [...]

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After the dust settled, city council signed off on a six percent property tax increase, which includes a 2.3 percent capital levy.
However, as with past years, the city’s finance committee was quick to remind everyone that after the provincial education tax rate kicks in, the effective tax increase is 5.1 percent.
For the average homeowner with [...]

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Officials for several years have tossed around development ideas for 110 acres of property the borough owns in the Renton neighborhood.
Now officials want to hear what developers have to say about the best uses for the property, which the borough purchased in 2004 for $330,000.
Planning Director Greg Bachy said the borough is looking for consultants [...]

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Government a-la-carte could be ‘nickel and diming’ Seminole County homeowners. If voters pass the tax reform amendment next year to lower their taxes, local governments are coming up with new ways to make up the difference, such as extra fees for things like fire service.
Longwood is just one of many local governments, like Winter [...]

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he story about taxes in Prince William County is a complex one. Due to rapid growth, we have to pay for rapidly growing services. That includes our school system, roads, and police stations and so forth. So no matter what, we are going to pay. The question is how much. What should our property tax [...]

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Everson council passed a 2008 budget Monday with a half-mill increase in the property tax rate.
Two mills were removed the budget after borough residents voiced opposition by voting against the real estate tax hike in a referendum on the Nov. 6 ballot.
The 2008 budget, however, include a half-mill increase
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Two developments that could transform key parts of the city — the Mid-South Fairgrounds and Highland Avenue near the University of Memphis — received important City Council backing Tuesday.
Fairgrounds redevelopment efforts got a boost with the council’s resolution supporting the establishment of a Tourist Development Zone at the 170-acre Midtown property.
The TDZ allows local sales [...]

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Brinks, who works as the Moffat County assessor, is concerned potential rule changes at the Colorado Division of Property Taxation will prevent local tax authorities from properly assessing the taxable value of oil and gas company property.
The state has a history of undervaluing that property and not revaluing it thoroughly enough to keep in stride [...]

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