[RP TownTalk] Community Message: Overnight Shooting on Carters Lane

[Catarina Correia]

For what its worth, I would definitely be in favor of pursuing this.  Yes,
I want my home value to increase (or at the very least get back to what we
paid for it.) There are a number of reasons besides re-sale for this
including refinancing etc. Our homes are really nice and it kills me that
they are worth significantly less than the hyattsville homes just up the
street solely because of the zip code.

Furthermore, i believe when our house was worth more, we paid less in
property taxes due to the homestead tax credit (tho i cant be sure - i dont
handle the mortgage).

Catarina Correia
Riverdale Park, MD




On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 1:26 PM, Sue Collins <wheadle at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I'd think the town would have a lot more important things to work on, but
> that's just me.....  maybe put it up for vote at the next election, see if
> the people in town actually would support something like this?
>
>   *From:* Lou King <lking at knob.com>
> *To:* Sue Collins <wheadle at yahoo.com>; Bruce Wernek <
> bruce.wernek at verizon.net>; "towntalk at riverdale-park.org" <
> towntalk at riverdale-park.org>
> *Sent:* Friday, October 25, 2013 12:58 PM
>
> *Subject:* Re: [RP TownTalk] Community Message: Overnight Shooting on
> Carters Lane
>
> Except the the real estate market uses the 5 digit zip code not the 9
> digit when looking for "similar houses in the area". Being their listings
> are by zip code (the number not a name) it does make a difference, no
> matter what people call us.
>
> The news stories are another matter. We "know" all news papers and
> reporters check their facts, and then check them again to get thing right.
> So I guess we are luck we are not called Calvert Estates or what ever this
> area was called in the 1800's.  Other peoples old habits are hard to break.
> But now is a good time to try, with Riverdale Park showing growth, in
> addition to the Cafritz project.
>
> Lou
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>
> Sue Collins wrote, On 10/25/2013 10:37 AM:
> > ... I doubt the zip code change will make much difference.
>
>
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