Interesting. Just got a property valuation from the county that indicates that our property has …<\/p>\n
… um …<\/p>\n
… slipped in value, about $11k. Which reduces our tax bill by about $100 a year. Huzzah! <\/p>\n
Huzzah?<\/p>\n
Given the difficulty of selling in our neighborhood (though the House of the Fallen Tree Branch appears to have finally sold, again, and the folks across the street moved into a house on the market for over a year), I’m not altogether surprised. Imminent collapse of the real estate bubble notwithstanding, I suspect this is more an aberration than a trend.<\/p>\n
(Knocks gently on wood.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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