Local Property Tax Increases Are Causing Mortgage And Tax Foreclosures To Skyrocket Homeownership platform Knock has found that the nation’s double-digit home value appreciation is a double edge sword. It has pushed homeowner’s equity to record highs. However, homeowners are now seeing local property tax increases. The recent rapid appreciation of home values has boosted […]
GOP Controlled Michigan Tax Commission Threatens Homeowners With Increased Taxes If Access Denied “They should try to get inside every house so they can assure that the info on the (tax) card is correct.” -Kelli Sobel, executive director of the Michigan Tax Commission Municipalities across Michigan have begun demanding access to the inside of private homes […]
Dale Buss, Forbes The housing meltdown over the last several years claimed many victims. But in Texas, it keeps creating new ones: the thousands of homeowners who fall prey to property-tax lenders that help them pay overdue property taxes. So now there’s an effort in the new 83rd session of the Texas legislature to prevent property-tax loans from financially […]
Eric Lawrence and Christina Hill, Detroit Free Press Macomb County’s treasurer says the county is looking at ending its practice of not foreclosing on the occupied homes of people who fail to pay their property taxes. The county has set up payment plans and contacts delinquent taxpayers, but even with the extra effort, too many […]