Realities of Real Estate: Assessments go down; taxes go up 

Posted: 12:27 pm Fri, January 13, 2012
By Bob and Donna McWilliams

Last week, many of us received new real estate assessments from the Maryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation. Every three years, one third of all property is assessed. For our home in Annapolis, this was our year. Whenever the new assessments come out, there’s a good deal of confusion about what the numbers mean. And, ...