Governor Archives – Cape Cod USA Real Estate https://www.capecodusarealestate.com/tag/governor/ Keeping Real Estate REAL Simple! Fri, 25 Jan 2019 18:55:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.11 Realtors Aren’t Buying Baker’s Plan To Fund Climate Prep With A Property Sales Tax Hike https://www.capecodusarealestate.com/realtors-arent-buying-bakers-plan-to-fund-climate-prep-with-a-property-sales-tax-hike/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=realtors-arent-buying-bakers-plan-to-fund-climate-prep-with-a-property-sales-tax-hike https://www.capecodusarealestate.com/realtors-arent-buying-bakers-plan-to-fund-climate-prep-with-a-property-sales-tax-hike/#respond Fri, 25 Jan 2019 18:55:08 +0000 https://www.capecodusarealestate.com/?p=9193 Whenever you sell property in Massachusetts, the state makes you pay an excise tax. On a $500,000 home, that comes out to just under $2,300. But now Gov. Charlie Baker has proposed increasing that tax to raise another $137 million each year, for the purpose of strengthening the state’s defenses against climate change. “It’s pretty…

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