Have property taxes on Long Island gone down?

[freerunner]

Originally Posted by mistym

Elke,

If a senior citizen who has the STAR exemption sells her/his home, doesn't the tax adjust up for the new owner? Could that be a contributing factor to low taxes reported on MLSLI? Just curious. Thnx

THe Realtor needs to post the TRUE TAXES on MLS. I would NEVER post taxes with STAR or taxes without the village tax. That's very misleading and once you find out not only are you going to be mad, but you're not going to want to buy.

[hotkarl]

I've noticed MLS listings often post the STAR reflected taxes.

[FrmlyBklyn]

Originally Posted by Titus Pullo

Thanks for the info. I'm no longer looking in Long Island. I have focused my search to Rockland & Orange (not that the taxes there are any better).

Rockland will kill you with taxes. Orange went to the same school as Rockland - how can we screw the taxpayers.

[formyblog]

Because property taxes in New York are not like income tax or sales tax. Here is a detailed explanation.

Long Island Property Taxes, New York's skyrocketing debt

[Forest_Hills_Daddy]

There are some places in Rockland where taxes are still reasonable - Pearl River and Nanuet to name a few - because they have a few businesses supporting their revenue base.

But taxes in most of Orange county are really high.