tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post5357884953252594090..comments2024-03-25T18:50:15.135-04:00Comments on DCmud - The Urban Real Estate Digest of Washington DC: Mt. Rainier - A Whole New TownKenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08295461340042242438noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-64047983319995043272010-09-24T00:08:09.847-04:002010-09-24T00:08:09.847-04:00Two years ago I tried to develop a mixed use prope...Two years ago I tried to develop a mixed use property in Mt. Ranier. The city council was totally opposed to any kind of new development even if it would benefit their city. They were totally unsupportive and did everything possible to drive a new restaurant out of business, they fought and closed the largest business paying the most taxes in the city. Don't go there!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-33042315421266973322010-09-23T21:49:49.630-04:002010-09-23T21:49:49.630-04:00As the 3:56 PM poster said, the high property taxe...As the 3:56 PM poster said, the high property taxes in Mt. Rainier are due to the incorporated towns and cities that impose their own taxes on top of the county tax.<br /><br />Unfortunately, the incorporated areas in PG County are a necessary evil, due to the abysmally bad services provided by the county. The unincorporated areas of PG county with similar demographics are dangerous (think Langley Park) and poorly maintained (look at all the state roads in the unincorporated areas with heavy pedestrian traffic but no sidewalks).<br /><br />Take a look at the unincorporated places in PG county, such as those with Hyattsville, Bladensburg, or Riverdale addresses, and you'll see what Mt. Rainier would be like without its expensive city government (hint: not so good.)jcsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-20485328155923813002010-09-23T16:14:37.687-04:002010-09-23T16:14:37.687-04:00Those taxes are astounding. I live in Brookland, e...Those taxes are astounding. I live in Brookland, essentially the DC side of Mt Rainier, and I pay just under $2000 for a row house with an assessed value of $335,000. That explains why property values are so much higher on my side of the boundary. The same detached house on the DC side will go for double or more what it goes for in Mount Rainer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-85056041286353253012010-09-23T15:56:35.705-04:002010-09-23T15:56:35.705-04:00I live in University Park! Here's the deal wit...I live in University Park! Here's the deal with Prince George's: it has a lot of incorporated towns/cities (Hyattsville, Mount Rainier, College Park, University Park, Riverdale Park, Edmonston, Bladensburg, Brentwood, Cottage City, Cheverly, etc.), so you're not only paying county taxes, you are paying town taxes for police, trash pick-up, and sometimes for a fire department. My realtor-neighbor has lost several homes sales in "The Park" when people find out their property taxes are so expensive. A lot of money to pay for a crap county...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-89082532062759778762010-09-23T15:31:27.196-04:002010-09-23T15:31:27.196-04:00Yeah what is up with that area? I was looking at ...Yeah what is up with that area? I was looking at houses over there and in University Park and could not believe how much you'd have to pay in taxes. The houses I like in Univ Park are usually between 9-10k in taxes!<br />It seems to me that most, if not all of PG county houses suffer from ridiculously high taxes. What's the story?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-67143251476933527492010-09-23T13:02:34.662-04:002010-09-23T13:02:34.662-04:00I'm looking to buy a house in the Old Hyattsvi...I'm looking to buy a house in the Old Hyattsville/Riverdale Park area. One thing keeping Mount Rainier back is the ridiculous property taxes the residents have to pay. On Redfin.com, look at homes for sale in Mount Rainier; you'll see little wooden bungalows for sale for under $200,000, yet the annual property tax can be 8,9 or even 10k a year!! It's absolutely astounding - and it's not worth that much in taxes to live in MR.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-34779936927563338612010-09-23T10:07:22.516-04:002010-09-23T10:07:22.516-04:00First and foremost the town needs a plan, and for ...First and foremost the town needs a plan, and for some state money to be invested. Nothing will get done without developers seeing that the state has given money to the cause, and that improvement is actually taking place. But that has GOT to include transit, as the story points out. I suggest they get that figured out quickly if they don't want it to fall apart for another decade.Bradnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-70710754297139067002010-09-23T07:52:37.902-04:002010-09-23T07:52:37.902-04:00I've always wondered when that corner of DC wa...I've always wondered when that corner of DC was going to get it's day. It's all about streetcars though. Just don't let Cunningham Quill push their Modernist BS on the town, keep them as planners only.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-61717611237406142822010-09-22T18:31:02.004-04:002010-09-22T18:31:02.004-04:00Great post! I live in nearby Hyattsville and nearl...Great post! I live in nearby Hyattsville and nearly every day I think, "You know, the Route 1 corridor could be really great if we could bring up the DC Streetcar."Phil LaCombehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02396954108478732741noreply@blogger.com