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Massachusetts

Beachwood

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1. As far as I know, this is Boston or for a few cities only

Reply to unhappycamper (Original post)

Sun Feb 9, 2014, 09:56 AM

Feb 2014

Because of the comparatively higher cost of housing in Boston, and Boston wants to encourage owners to live in the homes they own, (thus not own and rent them out).

There may be other larger cities with this kind of exemption, but I am not aware of them.

There are ways in some towns for owners to get a small abatement when the unit is owner occupied by older people (65+?)

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Property Taxes On Housing You Own (with a bank, of course) & Live In [View all] unhappycamper Feb 2014 OP

As far as I know, this is Boston or for a few cities only Beachwood Feb 2014 #1

good to let people know. The residential exemption on my home in Texas didn't need to be applied for Sunlei Feb 2014 #2

Reading the fine print on SheilaT Feb 2014 #3