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  2. 8 home value estimator websites compared - AOL

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    Our example property is 303 Willowcrest Drive, a 4-bedroom/2.5-bath home in Rochester, New York. At the time of writing, the home was listed for sale at $375,000, which is close to the national ...

  3. Homestead exemption in Florida - Wikipedia

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    Florida property tax homestead exemption reduces the value of a home for assessment of property taxes by $50,000, so a home that was actually worth $100,000 would be taxed as though it was worth only $50,000. However, the second $25,000 of homestead coverage does not apply to the school portion of property taxes, and only applies to the third ...

  4. Slum clearance in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Construction paused in the early 1950s when a 6.4 acre strip of land was discovered to be county territory and was annexed in 1952 as part of slum clearance measures. [7] Manhattanville Houses is a public housing project built during the late 1950s on slum clearance land formerly occupied by tenement blocks.

  5. Land value tax in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Pittsburgh used the two-rate system from 1913 to 2001 [21] when a countywide property reassessment led to a drastic increase in assessed land values during 2001 after years of underassessment, and the system was abandoned in favor of the traditional single-rate property tax. The tax on land in Pittsburgh was about 5.77 times the tax on ...

  6. Glossary of construction cost estimating - Wikipedia

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    A Allocation of costs is the transfer of costs from one cost item to one or more other cost items. Allowance - a value in an estimate to cover the cost of known but not yet fully defined work. As-sold estimate - the estimate which matches the agreed items and price for the project scope. B Basis of estimate (BOE) - a document which describes the scope basis, pricing basis, methods ...

  7. Florida land boom of the 1920s - Wikipedia

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    Many property owners simply abandoned the property and did not pay the taxes. Under state law, the state could not sell the property for less than its assessed value. To remedy the situation, in 1937, the Florida Legislature passed the Murphy Act. [27] The Act permitted the state to sell tax delinquent property for what could be obtained.

  8. Clearing (geography) - Wikipedia

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    The main aim of this process is to clear areas of forest, woodland or scrub in order to use the soil for another purpose, such as pasture land, arable farming, human settlement or the construction of roads or railways. Many of the world's most prominent forests have suffered significant levels of clearing in recent years, including the Amazon.

  9. ‘Sand is like gold.’ The pricey race to restore Florida ...

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    The cost of beach restoration. Over the past 87 years, Florida has spent at least $1.9 billion on beach nourishment, according to the National Beach Nourishment Database. The state government now ...