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Home Appraisal Skyrockets: My friend isn’t happy, at all

By Gregg WendorfAdvance News JournalMy buddy sent me a text the other day, I think, as a way to vent. He’s taking his frustrations out on Hidalgo County.For more than a year, I’ve been hearing of low-income homes going for big bucks. I mean, for example, homes previously valued at less than $60,000 now selling for north of $100K.The following text tells the tale. The profanity has been masked with a (delete), and I’ve masked the name of the town in which he bought the house, and when he discusses “thievery” on the part of the county, the home appraisals ...

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