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August 3, 2010

Fines, small tax bill send rowhouse to tax sale

In case you missed it yesterday: Check out the story of Tim Nickels, a roofer whose Baltimore rowhouse went to tax sale because of fines for the state of his back yard and $3.91 in mistakenly unpaid property taxes.

Nickels, who said he had no idea he owed the city any money, isn't losing his property. How he ended up in tax sale, though, is a heck of a tale.

Got any personal tax-sale stories?

Posted by Jamie Smith Hopkins at 5:00 AM | Permalink | Comments (1)
Categories: Property taxes, Tax sale

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I've lived in Baltimore most of my life and this kind of story has been repeated over and over for too many years. When will the city ever fix this problem that never seems to go away? Surely, there must be a way to stop this insanity to unsuspecting homeowners.

Posted by: Lubecker | August 3, 2010 10:17 PM

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About Jamie Smith Hopkins

Jamie Smith Hopkins, a Baltimore Sun reporter since 1999, writes about the regional economy. Her reporting on the housing market has won national and local awards. Hopkins is a Columbia native and has lived in Maryland all her life, save for 10 months spent covering schools in Ames, Iowa.
She trained to become a wonk by spending large chunks of time as a geek and an insufferable know-it-all.
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