Central Florida Real Estate Blog

This blog is an avenue to relate information and sites that may be of interest to you in regard to real estate. There will be miscellaneous meanderings about me and opinions in regard to real estate and the Central Florida market in particular.

Wednesday, November 1, 2006

Tax measure goes easy on the rich

In 1992 in Florida, a property tax break measure entitled, "Save Our Homes," was passed. What this does is take the Tax Assessed Value of your home at the time of purchase and limit this from being increased more than 3% per year for the current owner until the home is sold. The intention of this was to be of assistance mainly to the elderly from being taxed out of their homes. Unfortunately, the wealthy have received a proportionately greater property tax benefits than those intended. Read the complete article at http://www.orlandosentinel.com/orl-sohday206oct30,0,6678504.story

Until Next Time - MARC IT SOLD!

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