NATIONAL

Housing boom is over as new home sales fall to pandemic low
CNBC
Sales of new single family homes fell to an annualized rate of 676,000, 6.6% below May's rate of 724,000 and 19.4% below the June 2020 level of 839,000...


CALIFORNIA

Column: Dubious property tax appeals are costing LA County millions
Los Angeles Times
Yet the county assessor's office in recent years has faced a deluge of appeals from homeowners for property reappraisals and lower taxes. And, county ...


HAWAII

Editorial: Consider changing property tax tiers
Honolulu Star-Advertiser
It was already clear before the pandemic struck that million-dollar properties were becoming more common, suggesting that reforms to the property-tax ...


ILLINOIS

Amazon distribution center to open in Winnebago County in 2022
WIFR
... all of our citizens,” said Chiarelli. Chiarelli says the only incentive given to Amazon was a ten year 50 percent tax abatement. Copyright 2021 WIFR.


MAINE

Biddeford also updating tax assessments, but without the sticker shock
pressherald.com
... assessed values to market as fair as possible so the tax burden is distributed fairly across properties,” said Nicholas Desjardins, the city assessor.


NEW YORK

Builders defend tax law that gives condo owners a break; critics look to close 'unfair' loophole
Buffalo News
"The assessors' association has been fighting this for 50 years," Clarence Assessor Albert Weber said. In response to complaints, lawmakers updated...


OHIO

School Districts: Starting July 26, 2021, Ohio Senate Bill 57 authorizes property owners to seek real property tax reductions due to COVID-19 for Tax Year 2020
JDSupra
Property owners must timely file COVID-19 complaints within the 30-day window authorized by the new law...


TEXAS

Could the death of a corporate handout in Texas be a turning point?
The Hill
Chapter 313 incentivized large businesses to invest in Texas by limiting their school property taxes for 10 years based on good faith that businesses ...