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May Closings & (Minnesota) Property Taxes

  But First . . . a Brief History Lesson I don’t know about other states ” I’m only licensed to sell real estate in Minnesota ” but here, residential property taxes are due twice a year: May 15 and October 15. Those non-randomly chosen dates stretch back to when Minnesota’s economy ” like practically...
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Pro Rata Property Taxes and End of June Closings (December, Too)

Debits & Credits, Credits & Debits In the vast majority of real estate closings in Minnesota — 99.45%**, to be exact — the title companies doing the closing have to calculate a  pro rata property tax adjustment between the Buyer and Seller That’s because in Minnesota, homeowners pay property taxes twice a year (May 15...
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May Closings & (Minnesota) Property Taxes

But First . . . a Brief History Lesson I don’t know about other states ” I’m only licensed to sell real estate in Minnesota ” but here, residential property taxes are due twice a year: May 15 and October 15. Those non-randomly chosen dates stretch back to when Minnesota’s economy ” like practically every...
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May Closings & (Minnesota) Property Taxes

But First . . . a Brief History Lesson I don’t know about other states — I’m only licensed to sell real estate in Minnesota — but here, residential property taxes are due twice a year:  May 15 and October 15. Those non-randomly chosen dates stretch back to when Minnesota’s economy — like practically every...
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Credit @ Closing From the Seller? “Thanks, But No Thanks”

Unpaid Property Taxes:  When Credits are Bad and Debits are Good Normally, credits (getting money) at closing is good, while paying money (debits) at closing is bad. When is that not the case? When the Buyer is getting a credit at closing from the Seller for the Seller’s pro rata share of the property taxes...
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