Comments on: Help Homeowners - Not Towns and Allow Conveyance Tax Increase to Sunset http://ctrealestateunleashed.com/2008/05/29/help-homeowners-not-towns-and-allow-conveyance-tax-increase-to-sunset/ Central Connecticut Real estate news, advice and opinion combined with pet friendly resources and help for homeless pets by REMAX agent Jessica Beganski. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:37:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3 By: What Does A State Do When It Loses Its Precious Tax Monies? Leverage A New Real Estate Tax! Why You Should Vote “Yes” On Proposition 100: The Protect Our Homes Act | The Arizona Housing Bubble | Watching The Arizona Real Estate, Credit, Lendin http://ctrealestateunleashed.com/2008/05/29/help-homeowners-not-towns-and-allow-conveyance-tax-increase-to-sunset/#comment-791 What Does A State Do When It Loses Its Precious Tax Monies? Leverage A New Real Estate Tax! Why You Should Vote “Yes” On Proposition 100: The Protect Our Homes Act | The Arizona Housing Bubble | Watching The Arizona Real Estate, Credit, Lendin Tue, 02 Sep 2008 18:14:45 +0000 http://ctrealestateunleashed.com/2008/05/29/help-homeowners-not-towns-and-allow-conveyance-tax-increase-to-sunset/#comment-791 [...] without going through bankruptcy or foreclosure, a real estate agent in Connecticut grants some insight: Home sellers in Connecticut pay a conveyance tax when they sell. The median home in CT sells for [...] […] without going through bankruptcy or foreclosure, a real estate agent in Connecticut grants some insight: Home sellers in Connecticut pay a conveyance tax when they sell. The median home in CT sells for […]

]]> By: Frank Hanson http://ctrealestateunleashed.com/2008/05/29/help-homeowners-not-towns-and-allow-conveyance-tax-increase-to-sunset/#comment-789 Frank Hanson Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:22:00 +0000 http://ctrealestateunleashed.com/2008/05/29/help-homeowners-not-towns-and-allow-conveyance-tax-increase-to-sunset/#comment-789 I'm a Realtor in Arizona. Our state is talking about implementing a real estate transfer tax. It seems that homeowners are an easy mark. Many homeowners associations here started charging an "impact fee" when people sell their property. It's an easy way to build up the HOA coffer. It's easy to raise property tax when a municipality needs money. It's also apparently easy to "temporarily" raise the real estate conveyance tax that you have in Connecticut. We Realtors are supporting an initiative to prohibit real estate transfer tax in Arizona. We are also doing it to help homeowners. The comment in your local newspaper by the lobbyist for municipal governments about "for profit Realtors" was way off base. I've been a Realtor for 35 years. You are correct, Realtors have fought to protect the homeowner and promote the American dream of home ownership. As far as our commissions, we work to earn the money we receive from the sale of a house. We aren't just "taking" a fee like a real estate transfer tax does. FRANK HANSON,ABR,CRS,GRI http://www.phoenix-relocation.com I’m a Realtor in Arizona. Our state is talking about implementing a real estate transfer tax. It seems that homeowners are an easy mark. Many homeowners associations here started charging an “impact fee” when people sell their property. It’s an easy way to build up the HOA coffer. It’s easy to raise property tax when a municipality needs money. It’s also apparently easy to “temporarily” raise the real estate conveyance tax that you have in Connecticut.

We Realtors are supporting an initiative to prohibit real estate transfer tax in Arizona. We are also doing it to help homeowners. The comment in your local newspaper by the lobbyist for municipal governments about “for profit Realtors” was way off base. I’ve been a Realtor for 35 years. You are correct, Realtors have fought to protect the homeowner and promote the American dream of home ownership. As far as our commissions, we work to earn the money we receive from the sale of a house. We aren’t just “taking” a fee like a real estate transfer tax does.
FRANK HANSON,ABR,CRS,GRI
http://www.phoenix-relocation.com

]]> By: Proposition 100: Protect Our Homes Act | The Phoenix Real Estate Guy http://ctrealestateunleashed.com/2008/05/29/help-homeowners-not-towns-and-allow-conveyance-tax-increase-to-sunset/#comment-786 Proposition 100: Protect Our Homes Act | The Phoenix Real Estate Guy Mon, 01 Sep 2008 16:03:02 +0000 http://ctrealestateunleashed.com/2008/05/29/help-homeowners-not-towns-and-allow-conveyance-tax-increase-to-sunset/#comment-786 [...] Be sure to read Jessica Beganski’s comment below and her blog post about what is happening in Connecticut with regard to an existing real estate tax. Once these taxes get set folks, they are easy to raise and difficult to remove. Thanks for [...] […] Be sure to read Jessica Beganski’s comment below and her blog post about what is happening in Connecticut with regard to an existing real estate tax. Once these taxes get set folks, they are easy to raise and difficult to remove. Thanks for […]

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