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Navigating Property Taxes: A Homeowner's Guide to the Basics
If you’re a first-time homebuyer, you’ve likely been saving money for your upcoming mortgage payments. While most of that money goes toward repaying your lender, typically a portion of it goes toward something else entirely — property taxes. But what is this tax for? How is it determined? And how often does it need to be paid? Here are the property tax basics you should know so you can go into the homebuying process with confidence.
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