Honey, Can We Lower Our Property Taxes?

Monday, September 15th was the deadline to appeal your property taxes.  There was a flood of coverage about the deadline and my wonderful, loving husband asked me, “Honey, can we apply to reduce our property taxes?”  Being the patient and loving wife that I am, I ignored the fact that he has asked me this… [Continue Reading]

Why Did My Property Taxes Go Up 2% – in a Declining Market?

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I’ve had a few conversations with people about property taxes recently.  With the declining property values, some homeowners have recently applied to have their property values reassessed. And then… the Property Value Notice came from the Office of the Assessor for Orange County increasing our Assessed Property Value 2% from last year.  Many are asking, what’s up?… [Continue Reading]