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In the USA, can you lose your home even after it is 100% paid off? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 11 months ago by Confidant6198@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Let’s say that you buy a home in cash and have 100% paid off. Could you still lose it somehow?

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[–] Sunforged@lemmy.ml 3 points 11 months ago

Depends on where you live. Here in Washington state we don't have an income tax, so our property taxes are one of the few ways the government has to collect taxes. For that reason our property taxes are much higher than states that have multiple ways to collect.