Realtor groups mobilize against real estate transaction taxes 
Associations use Web sites, ad campaigns to combat tax hikes
By Glenn Roberts Jr., Monday, April 9, 2007.Proposals to create or raise real estate transfer taxes, which add real estate transaction costs for consumers, set the lobbying machines in motion at several state-level Realtor trade associations.
The North Carolina Association of Realtors in late March launched a campaign to mobilize against a proposed tax that would charge sellers 1 percent of the sale price in home-sale transactions.
Realtor groups fear that such taxes will discourage home sales, especially among lower-income consumers. And real estate sales have already slowed in many markets across the country.
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