This article is mainly focused on California taxes related to real estate, including property, transfer and capital gains taxes, but it is a good list of items to check into across the country before buying or selling a home.  Kathleen Pender, writing in SFGate, gives you the details:

http://www.sfgate.com/business/networth/article/Real-estate-taxes-soar-along-with-home-prices-5673040.php

Some of the taxes here are paid by the seller of the real estate and some by the buyer, but you always need to be aware of them so you don’t get surpised.

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