Average homeowner in Mass. to see taxes rise 4%

Boston Globe 1/18/16: Average homeowner in Mass. to see taxes rise 4%. Property taxes are on the rise in Massachusetts, with the average bill on a single-family home increasing by about $206 this year, as home assessments and the cost of services by cities and towns continue to go up. Forty-six of the 328 communities can expect bills to increase on average by 6 percent or more, the Globe review found. The town of Wayland is one of the rare communities that will buck the trend and is seeing its property tax bills drop this year. Even though property values rose, the average single-family tax bill there is decreasing by $319, or 2.7 percent, to $11,730.