The mayor of Connecticut’s capital city is offering to sell city-owned land to affordable housing developers for $1.00. Fox61.com reports Hartford Mayor Arunan Arulampalam says the city has teamed with the state government on a new $4 million fund to help builders who...
Cape Cod considers a mansion tax, Baltimore considers raising taxes on vacant lots, and a retail chain will not consider opening stores in California. From the wild and wooly world of real estate, here are our Hits and Misses for the week of Aug. 18-22. Miss: Soaking...
Baltimore’s City Council is considering a new bill that would boost property taxes on vacant lots. The Baltimore Banner reports that vacant lots are taxed $2.248 per $100 of assessed value, the same rate as parcels with structures. Last year, the City Council voted to...