Understanding local homestead exemptions

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They can be a bit complicated. They can be a bit confusing. Some homeowners do not even know about them, much less understand them. But they also can be a nice – and steadying – hedge against rises in property taxes. “They” are Putnam County’s two basic homestead exemptions approved in a relatively quiet referendum nearly two decades ago. Gone are the days of a standard $2,000 homestead…

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