Milwaukee County could miss out on at least $200,000 in real estate transfer returns if a federal lawsuit turns in favor of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

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Gov. Scott Walker's administration says property taxes dropped slightly last year.

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Milwaukee city officials will review on Thursday a resolution requiring the city assessor’s office to send out reassessment notices to all property owners each year, according to a city of Milwaukee news release.

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A new study finds that property taxes levied by local government increased this year 2.6 percent. The Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance study released Tuesday says that is the smallest increase since 2006. School property taxes were the ...

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Property taxes would essentially be frozen for the next two years as Gov. Scott Walker proposed, but would be allowed to increase slightly after that under a plan that has passed the Legislature’s budget committee. The ...

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By Joe Lanane The Wisconsin Department of Transportation was reimbursed last week for money spent on unpaid Milwaukee Intermodal Station property taxes. WisDOT recouped all $341,461 paid Aug. 9 to the city of Milwaukee to cover 2008 and 2009 property ...

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By Sean Ryan New property taxes generated by a University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee campus must be large enough to outweigh the loss of undeveloped land the community prizes, according to one Wauwatosa alderman. Alderman Peter Donegan said he wants to know ...

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By Paul Snyder Bob and Karen Schauf’s decision to let Barron County build a 911 tower on their property instigated a $34,317 state penalty and inspired a bill that would make the fee disappear. That bill is headed to Gov. ...

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A new report estimates that property taxes in Wisconsin are going up over 4 percent this year. The Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance estimates the increase will be 4.2 percent but final numbers won’t be known until the ...

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