In Case You Missed It: Taylor Swift Buys Watch Hill, RI, Mansion

In Case You Missed It: Taylor Swift Buys Watch Hill, RI, Mansion

Rhode Island's morale lifted this week with the news that pop superstar Taylor Swift had gone ahead an put down $17.75 million dollars on a new home right here in the Ocean State, and coverage of Swift's swift moves into RI real estate was one of GoLocal's most read and shared stories of the week. 

Read about Taylor Swift's purchase in Watch Hill, here.

The 16-room mansion, called High Watch, comes with more than 5 waterfront acres and was listed for $24 million, according to its listing with Seaboard Properties in Stonington, Connecticut.

As soon as the deal was final, GoLocal consulted with local realtor Arthur Chapman at William Raveis, to see what she'd expect to pay for taxes in her adopted state. With a current assessed value of $12,415,400, and a Westerly tax rate of $9.34 per thousand, Chapman figured, "Taylor has a real estate tax for 2012 of $115,960 or $9,663.32 per month."

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Read more about Taylor's new purchase and tour the property with these photos, here. 

And if you love real estate, check out 10 other gorgeous Rhode Island houses that GoLocal picked out for Taylor before she committed to High Watch.