Rhode Island has kicked off a fresh round of chatter in America’s heated housing debate after enacting a new annual levy on expensive second homes—quickly nicknamed the “Taylor Swift tax”. The idea is ...

Rhode Island’s “Taylor Swift Tax” adds new surcharges on second homes over $1 million, part of a wave of similar taxes across the U.S. Critics say the taxes may backfire by reducing home sales and ...

Though Rhode Island’s summer crowds may have left their vacation homes for the season, many will return next year to find a significantly higher property tax waiting for them. A new surcharge on ...