Tag Archives: property taxes

Top 10 Most Expensive U.S. Cities To Raise A Family

This Top 10 list is presented for those of us who think that their cost of living has gotten completely out of control! After reading the list some might feel a little bit better knowing that their hometown is not present while others will have confirmation of a fact they have always known or at the very […]

National ‘Hidden Costs’ Of Homeownership Turn Me Green With Envy!

real estate,NYC,Long Island

Anyone who owns a home or is about to buy a home is typically very aware that the costs don’t end once the deed has been transferred to their name! For that reason I take a certain amount of issue with a Zillow/Thumbtack study that placed the moniker ‘hidden costs’ on the yearly home ownership expenses that include property taxes, homeowners insurance […]

To buy a house in (insert city here), you need to earn… (Chart)

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How much do you need to earn in order to buy a home in 27 cities around the United States? Here are some examples given interest rates, median home prices, taxes and insurance. Cities 30-Year Fixed Mortgage Rate % Change from 4Q13 Median Home Price % Change from 4Q13 Monthly Payment (PITI) Salary Needed Cleveland 4.50% […]

What is a Zombie Foreclosure? (Infographic)

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Follow @Hallmark Abstract Service A Zombie Foreclosure is simply a house currently in the foreclosure process that sits vacant having been abandoned by the owner and not yet taken back by the lender! Most of us have driven by homes we suspect are long-abandoned, are being foreclosed, that typically will be neglected, have very possibly […]

Median 1-BR and 2-BR Rents By Neighborhood in New York City! (Maps)

Follow @Hallmark Abstract Service If you’re like me you may have lived in a Manhattan rental in the 80′s and early 90′s paying what seemed at the time to be high yet fair rent! Then, when the prospect of paying for NYC private school kindergarden came around, we packed up our bags and moved to […]