My wife and I built this house in March and just got our first assessment from the city/county. The assessed value is $26k (16%) below what we paid. I know that the assessed value is normally lower ...

It's true that nothing is certain but death and taxes. (Oh, and higher gas costs these days, too.) I can’t help you with the former but, as for the taxes, although they won’t be less certain you can ...

The thrust of the House health care bill — to stabilize the finances of lower-cost community hospitals by pouring money into their operations for the next three years — may only be a stop-gap measure ...

The King County Department of Assessments recently sent Brian White a notice saying his Phinney Ridge house was worth 12.5 percent more this year than in 2007. "We're not thrilled, but it was not ...