Citizens for Denise Moore Pierce
Phone 703-450-4260
Why Did My Real Estate Property Taxes Go Up?
When going door-to-door, I hear the comment: "My property taxes went up X dollars last year!" Taxpayers get very passionate about the amount of tax they pay, and rightly so. In a few weeks, we are coming up to an election for a new Board of Supervisors. It seems only fair to see how well the Republicans did the last time they were in control of Loudoun's budget and taxes. So, in the Algonkian District, we sampled two houses from each of the ten precincts--one larger house and one smaller house or a townhouse. A County website allows searches of yearly residential property tax by address, so we calculated the yearly tax increases for each of these properties during the four years of votes by the previous Republican BOS (2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007) and during the four years of votes by the current Democratic BOS (2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011). We found that for the Republican BOS, the median increase was $290, and for the Democratic BOS, the median increase was $136. We report, you decide:
The biggest reason that our real estate property taxes are among the highest in Virginia is because of the explosive, unbridled growth that occurred during the tenure of the 2004 to 2007 Republican dominated Board of Supervisors. During this time, my opponent, Suzanne Volpe, was the Planning Commissioner for then Supervisor Staton. As Planning Commissioner, Ms. Volpe voted to approve 14,242 houses. To put this number into perspective, there are 11,902 households in the Algonkian District. Houses, contrary to Republican talking points, cost the County more than the taxes homeowners pay. More houses equals higher real estate property taxes to pay for the needed infrastructure. The year, date, ZMAP, development name and number of houses for each of Ms. Volpe's approvals, obtained from County records, are listed below.
Year Date ZMAP Name Houses
2004 21-Jan 2002-0020 Braddock Corner 159
3-Feb 2002-0011 Loudoun Valley Estates II 2761
23-Feb 2003-0002 Greenfield Crossing 107
23-Feb 2001-0010 South Riding Station 620
19-Apr 2002-0009 Goose Creek Preserve 500
17-May 2004-0006 Belmont Glen Rouse Property 196
17-May 2003-0009 Goose Creek Village South 92
21-Jun 2002-0023 Providence Glen 54
20-Sep 2003-0003 Huntmore at Waxpool 37
2004 Total 4526
2005 10-Jan 2003-0018 Pulte Homes on Croson Lane 107
4-Apr 2003-0012 Braddock Crossing 205
16-May 2004-0022 Dawson's Corner 239
18-Jul 2004-0013 Alexander's Chase 211
18-Jul 2002-0022 Townes of Eastgate 324
19-Sep 2002-0003 CD Smith Property 455
19-Sep 2002-0001 Kirkpatrick West 373
5-Oct 2004-0004 Estates at Elk Run 206
17-Oct 2004-0018 Reserve at Waxpool 49
2005 Total 2169
2006 9-Jan 2004-0001 Seven Hills 1112
23-Jan 2004-0020 Eastgate One 399
23-Jan 2005-0003 Eastgate Three 222
6-Feb 2005-0006 Wright Property 8
27-Mar 2004-0023 Townes at Belmont Ridge 45
17-Apr 2005-0016 Kimmitt Property 99
15-May 2005-0004 Stonegate 193
10-Jul 2005-0026 Erickson Retirement Community 2108
11-Sep 2004-0019 Treburg 47
11-Sep 2005-0011 Crosstrail 1000
17-Jul 2005-0029 Carolyn Chase 74
6-Nov 2005-0041 Dulles Parkway Center 624
2006 Total 5931
2007 5-Feb 2004-0014 Gamble and Briel 27
26-Mar 2005-0039 Victoria Station 116
2-Apr 2005-0044 Woodburn 119
16-Apr 2006-0008 White Oak Crest 26
4-Jun 2005-0041 Dulles Pkwy Ctr II 624
25-Sep 2006-0003 Morley Corner 128
19-Nov 2006-0019 Yardley 27
26-Nov 2005-0038 Townes at Autumn Oaks 179
10-Dec 2006-0026 Lambert 370
2007 Total 1616
GRAND TOTAL 14,242
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