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Aug 24

A one percent resale tax for homeowners for the next 99 years?

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Aug 24, 2010 / 07:08
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When my grandparents bought their first home in 1953, they paid their home builder for the price of the home. The buyer handed over the money, courtesy of the bank; the builder handed over the keys to the home. And that was it, transaction finished.

But that scenario may be fading thanks to the latest real estate fee: A requirement to pay the original home builder a 1 percent fee every time the house is sold – for 99 years.



Comments

Bruce Williamson August 24, 2010 09:59

Stupid idea and so is anyone that buys a home with this fee. Maybe a fee during the first twelve years as liability for negligence in construction – I think – is about 12 years.

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