ORLANDO, Fla. — A constitutional amendment is on the ballot this November that homeowners in the state of Florida will want to pay attention to. As it is now, Florida homeowners have the ability to ...

TALLAHASSEE -- As Florida real estate prices rose in recent years, many people felt trapped in their homes because moving would mean getting hit with a property tax bill that could at least double or ...

BARTOW — Polk County Property Appraiser Marsha Faux has changed the way her office calculates the taxable value of some homes eligible for homestead portability tax breaks under Florida's Save Our ...

South Florida’s housing market is at a stalemate caused, in part, by would-be home sellers who are loath to give up their low interest rates, and have an aversion to upsizing a property tax bill that ...

The Florida Department of State has approved the format for a petition to allow Florida homeowners with homestead exemptions to move their lower tax bills from one property to another. The approval ...

On Jan. 29, Florida voters will have an opportunity to significantly change the way property is taxed. Four proposed constitutional amendments, which will be accepted or denied together, have been ...

Herald-Tribune columnist Tom Lyons called it in December 2008. That's when he wrote that homesteaded property owners, who elected Sarasota County Property Appraiser Bill Furst on his promise to set ...

As Property Appraisers for Florida’s three largest counties, we urge voters to vote yes on amendments 5 and 6 on the November ballot. The Save Our Homes Amendment to the Florida Constitution limits ...

Let the fear-mongering begin. An array of groups, dominated by public-sector unions, has formed to oppose the property-tax amendment that will go to a statewide vote Jan. 29. Not surprisingly, they ...

Colorado legislative leaders said there is a willingness to expand portability for a reduction in property taxes for senior homeowners next year, but it could be difficult with severe budget ...