property taxes

Property Taxes - now challenged, revenues fall, first since WWII

One would figure governments fueled on property taxes, which in turn sat squarely on the housing bubble through property over evaluation, would collapse and indeed they are:

The tax appeals and reassessments present a new budget nightmare for governments. In a survey conducted by the National Association of Counties, 76 percent of large counties said that falling property tax revenue was significantly affecting their budgets, said Jacqueline Byers, the association’s research director.

Officials in some states say their property tax revenue is falling for the first time since World War II.

What is more interesting in the above New York Times article is just how high property taxes can actually be: