The first one, the 5 Vintage Court, Rye Brook, has a cost of $32,298 a year in taxes. That is unbelievable for something so underwhelming.
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@Mark: That's Westchester, which is were I live. the real estate taxes are astronomical, mostly to pay for under performing public school systems. In White Plains, public school teachers average $114,921 in annual salary with another $29,841 in benefits (source: assistant superintendent for business, White Plains Board of Education). And 56% of all students receive free or reduced cost lunches. Result: home owner taxes through the roof. Result: student standardized state test results are barely at the middle of the pack for the entire state. No bang for the buck for homeowners.
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You noticed that it sold well below asking. This trend will only increase as the non deductibility of state and local taxes takes hold early next year. Hold on to your seats people. Its going to get scary around here.
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I looked the house up on Zillow. I was wondering how much land came with the house. Not much, but there is lots of easement land behind the house. I also found that it is actually 5,258 sq ft. That makes it a rather large house.