NATIONAL

Real estate developers are building more new single-family rental homes after years of investors buying up houses to rent Business Insider  ...a growing wave of developers are tapping into that demand by building up entirely new communities of rental homes that are leased and managed like vast, horizontal apartment complexes.

COLORADO

Colorado lawmakers agree to lower property taxes by $200M, obstructing possible bigger cut Lamar Ledger Colorado Democrats made quick work of passing bill to cut property taxes by $200 million, with all but five Republicans in opposition. Normally ...

ILLINOIS

Connor's call for simplified property tax appeals passes Senate The Times Weekly A resolution from State Senator John Connor (D-Lockport) asking the Illinois Property Tax Appeal Board to consider standardizing property tax ...

NEW YORK

Queens hotel to pocket $11M property-tax refund after it was overvalued by city Crain's New York Business The hotel's own assessor deemed the proper amount to be $1.9 million, or more than 90% less. Owner GCP Realty sued the city. It argued the hotel's ...

OHIO

Village council rejects request for 10-year tax abatement Columbus Messenger By Dedra Cordle Staff Writer. The village of Urbancrest council has turned down a development company's request for a tax abatement. At its meeting ...

TEXAS

Leander-Cedar Park growth breaks appraised home value records Community Impact Newspaper With low housing inventory in Central Texas and high demand, market values have increased at an aggressive rate, WCAD Chief Appraiser Alvin ...

WASHINGTON

Amazon confirms distribution facility coming to Skagit County  goskagit.com  The sale included three parcels totaling about 24.5 acres, according to the Assessor's Office. The property's new owner, ALM Burlington LLC, has a San ...