The Philadelphia City Council has approved a 9.9% hike in property taxes, together with increases in trash fees. This will have the usual dampening effect on real estate values in the City. As costs increase (especially taxes), net operating income declines and sale prices decline. On the bright side, with comparable sales numbers declining, those owners who manage to hang on to their properties will have a better chance at challenging their tax assessments.
The tax hike awaits final approval next week.
NBCPhiladelphia.com reports that the tax hike is supposed to be "temporary" - lasting only two years. But do not count on this tax increase going away, regardless of how they characterize it now.
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