Homes Fort Mill SC

Tega Cay Real Estate – Lake Shore Subdivision

Under Contract

• Listing # 930496
• Price: $345,000
• Address: 2044 Emerald Pines DR Tega Cay,  SC 29708
• SqFt Total Range: 2500 – 3000
• Bedrooms: 3
• Bathrooms: 2.5
• County Name: York
• Schools Gold Hill (Elem), Fort Mill (High), Gold Hill (Junior)

Beautiful Golf Course location, amazing views. (more…)

Jim Harper sent me  a link to a York County Tourism video from the York County Convention & Visitor’s Bureau. The slogan is “York County SC We’ve Got It!”

Here is the intro of the video:

Welcome to York County, South Carolina – a charming collection of diverse gathering places. Our unique Southern region offers the perfect climate for arts & entertainment, shopping & dining, history & culture and recreation. We open our home and invite you (more…)

It’s election day in York County SC. There are some heated seat races this year especially in Tega Cay SC.

Incumbent Bob Runde is running for Tega Cay mayor again. George Sheppard the current Mayor Pro Tempore is running against Bob Runde. Seetegacay.com has a Tega Cay Mayor’s election poll. As of this morning the poll indicated George Sheppard has 71% of the votes. See the latest Tega Cay Mayors race poll results at Seetegacay.com.

Other seats up for election in York County SC are: (more…)

2009 property tax rates have been established and tax bills are going out for all cities in York County South Carolina including Clover, Fort Mill, Tega Cay, and Rock Hill. Not surprisingly, several cities have increased property taxes again. There are a few cities where millage rates are flat or actually lower.

Fort Mill and Tega Cay have the largest increase in millage rates. If your property is assessed at a 4% rate (primary residence) your millage rate has increased 10.6% in Fort Mill and 9.5% in Tega Cay. If your property is assessed at 6%, your millage rate increase is approx 7% in both cities. (more…)

The Fort Mill in York County SC may get a economic boost next fall with the addition of a new Fed Express distribution facility.

Fed Ex Ground, York County officials , and The South Carolina Department of Commerce all announced Fed Ex Ground will open a $14 million regional distribution center in northern York County, S.C., in October.  The distribution center could generate about 22 full time jobs and up to 200 combined part-time positions and independent contractors. (more…)

The US Census Bureau released a report today on the “Fastest-Growing Metro Areas” between 2007 and 2008 based on July 1 2008 population estimates. The Charlotte metro are which includes Fort Mill, Tega Cay, Lake Wylie, Rock Hill, all of York County SC saw its population climb 3.4 percent last year. Fort Mill SC which is in York County SC is approximately 7 miles south of Charlotte (more…)

Below are the early morning November 2008 elections results for York County SC as reported by all York County SC precincts. The York County Registration and Elections Commission website reported these results as unofficial.

York County SC Unofficial Election Results November 2008

York County has 121,929 registered voters. 93,723 voted which is 76.87%

Winners only posted below

Seat, Name, Party (Number of votes)(Percent of votes)

National

Straight Party Republican REP (21,397)(53.32%)

President and Vice President John McCain / Sarah Palin REP (54,119)(58.17%)

U.S. Senate Lindsey Graham REP (55,615)(61.86%)

U.S. House of Representatives District 5 John Spratt DEM (50,294)(55.44%)

State

State Senate District 14 Harvey Peeler REP (9,118)(99.35%)

State Senate District 15 Wes Hayes REP (38,357)(99.29%)

State Senate District 16 Mick Mulvaney REP (13,214)(61.03%)

State Senate District 17 Creighton B Coleman DEM (6,377)(77.79%)

State House of Rep District 29 Danny Stacy REP (2,822)(55.03%)

State House of Rep District 43 Greg Delleney REP (5,062)(99.57%)

State House of Rep District 45 Deborah Long REP (3,877)(69.92%)

State House of Rep District 46 Gary Simrill REP (10,844)(64.76%)

State House of Rep District 47 Herb Kirsh DEM (11,227)(98.73%)

State House of Rep District 48 Carl L Gullick REP (22,254)(99.3%)

State House of Rep District 49 John R King DEM (9,355)(67.91%)

York County (more…)

It is tax time and you should be receiving your York County, SC property tax bill for tax year 2008. (here is 2009 Milage rate Chart) I know Carmen occasionally receives property tax questions from home buyers so I thought this would be a good time to pass on local property tax information.

So how are home property taxes assessed and calculated in York County SC? Basically your taxes are calculated by multiplying three items which are:

1. An appraised value of your home.
2. An assessment ratio.
3. A city/county millage rate.

The sum of these three items equals what you owe in home property taxes.

The county re-assesses home values every 5 years. If you purchased your home recently the county may assess the value of your home based on the current sale or transaction value. But if no changes have occurred on your property like a sale or deed change the next re-assessment will be 2010.

Here is good news with bad. In 2007, the state passed a tax swap bill that cut the school taxes assessed on home property taxes but increased the states sales tax to make up the loss. Click here to see my tax swap post last December. Many of you had a property tax reduction on your tax bill last year that continues this year. But many cities in York County increased millage rates this year. Here is a quick millage rate increase comparison.

Below I took the info from the York County Tax Assessors website and slightly modified the explanation and updated the example calculations. Pay special attention to the assement ratio information. Many new home owners do not apply for the special assessment ratio and end up paying too much tax.

How to Estimate Real Estate Taxes
Assessment Ratio Information:
1. If you live in the home you own, the assessment ratio is 4%. You will not receive the special assessment ratio under “Primary Residence” unless you apply with York County. You can call the Assessor’s Office to obtain an application form or download the form on the county web site www.yorkcountygov.com.

2. All other properties will be assessed at 6%, except for manufacturing properties which are assessed at 10.5%.

Millage Rates are determined yearly by various taxing authorities, such as the County Government, the City Government, the School Districts and all Fire Districts. (See 2008 millage rate chart.) (see York County 2009 milage rates)

Tax Amount is the final dollar amount that appears on your real estate tax bill.

The formula to calculate your Home’s Property Taxes is:
Appraised Value x Assessment Ratio x Millage Rate = Taxes

Following are examples of how to estimate taxes:
(A) All properties that qualify for the 4% owner occupied/legal residence rate. Multiply the appraised value by 4% to determine the assessment. Then multiply the assessment by the millage rate for total taxes.

Example: $100,000 property in the City of Fort Mill
$100,000 x 4% x 0.2016 = $806.40

Example: $100,000 property in the City of Tega Cay
$100,000 x 4% x 0.2036 = $814.40 (more…)