I mentioned in an earlier post that I had it in my head that property taxes were due on April 10th and paid mine already. Now that it’s almost time for them to REALLY be due, many people are complaining about the higher amounts they’re seeing they’re required to pay. There’s even a Facebook group for it. (No, I didn’t join.)
Our old house in Seymour is for sale…
I saw our old Seymour house on the market today. It’s truly a great house and I hope they sell quickly if that’s what they want. I can’t imagine anyone wanting to move again so soon after buying a place — but they’re a whole lot younger than I am.
One of the great things about the Seymour house? Not a single red bird pecked windows 24/7.
Back to property taxes…
Zillow shows property tax amounts on listing pages. As I was peeping the photos of the changes made by the new owners, I also looked at property tax amounts for that house over the years. It was pretty shocking…
For example, in 2007, the house’s tax assessment value was $201,800, and the tax for that year was $383.00.
Fast forward to 2024…
The tax assessment value was $248,700 ($46,900 more in value than in ’07 — a 23% increase). The tax for that year was $2,479.00 (a 548% increase from 2007!!).
That’s just a wow.
Now you know: Psychiatrist Viktor Frankl observed that the physically strongest prisoners in WWII concentration camps didn’t necessarily have the highest survival rates. Rather, those who survived longest were the ones who held onto a strong sense of meaning or an unfinished purpose.