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Florida Home buyers want to know how much to offer for a house, sellers want to know how much to list a house for. Those seeking a property tax appeal want to know the market value of comparable homes in order to make adjustments to their home's worth. Variations in age, size, condition of the home, and other differences in amenities plus other factors weigh in on the overall market value of a home.
Florida real estate agents can offer a CMA (Comparable Market Analysis) for houses in the area. This is a ball park figure. A more definitive figure is arrived at by obtaining an appraisal. A Home Market Value Appraisal gives a definitive value for the specific time frame in which the analysis was conducted. Prices range upward to $350.00 depending on the region in which you live.
Doing your own Home Market Value Appraisal is not rocket science. Investigating and doing it yourself will save you money and also give you an edge in negotiating. We suggest checking into the two options listed above (1) and (2).
If you desire to challenge your house property taxes and want to go the professional route, be prepared to open your wallet wide. Besides the appraisal fee, the appraiser will have to charge for a day's time at the municipal review. If you decide on hiring a professional mouthpiece, the attorney will not guarantee the result. You could lose the case and easily lose over a grand in the process. Again, we suggest checking into the two options listed above (1) and (2).
| Florida Home Value Demographics | Florida | USA |
Housing units, 2002 |
7,624,378 | 119,302,132 |
| Homeownership rate, 2000 |
70.1% | 66.2% |
| Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 | 29.9% | 26.4% |
| Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 | $105,500 | $119,600 |
| Florida Households, 2000 | 6,337,929 | 105,480,101 |
| Persons per household, 2000 | 2.46 | 2.59 |
| Median household income, 1999 | $38,819 | $41,994 |
| Per capita money income, 1999 | $21,557 | $21,587 |
| Persons below poverty, percent, 1999 | 12.5% | 12.4% |
US Census Bureau
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(Statisics compiled from Bureau of Economic Analysis, an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce)
The population of Florida in 2003 was 16,999,181. Its rank was 4th in the nation. (The District of Columbia is included for ranking purposes.)
PER CAPITA PERSONAL INCOME
In 2003 Florida had a per capita personal income (PCPI) of $30,098. This PCPI ranked 26th in the United States and was 96 percent of the national average, $31,472. The 2003 PCPI reflected an increase of 1.9 percent from 2002. The 2002-2003 national change was 2.2 percent. In 1993 the PCPI of Florida was $21,050 and ranked 21st in the United States. The 1993-2003 average annual growth rate of PCPI was 3.6 percent. The average annual growth rate for the nation was 4.0 percent.
TOTAL PERSONAL INCOME
In 2003 Florida had a total personal income (TPI) of $511,640,717. This TPI ranked 4th in the United States. In 1993 the TPI of Florida was $293,167,247 and ranked 4th in the United States. The 2003 TPI reflected an increase of 3.8 percent from 2002. The 2002-2003 national change was 3.2 percent. The 1993-2003 average annual growth rate of TPI was 5.7 percent. The average annual growth rate for the nation was 5.1 percent.
Regions of Florida:
Central Florida | Emerald Riviera | First Coast | Florida Panhandle | Florida Keys | Lee Island Coast | Nature Coast | Orlando Area | Redneck Riviera | Space Coast | Treasure Coast | South Florida | Sun Coast | Tampa Bay Area
Largest Cities:
Cape Coral | Clearwater | Coral Springs | Fort Lauderdale | Hialeah | Hollywood | Jacksonville | Miami | Miramar | North Miami | Orlando | Pembroke Pines | Plantation | Pompano Beach | Port St. Lucie | St. Petersburg | Sunrise | Tallahassee | Tampa | West Palm Beach
Counties:
Alachua | Baker | Bay | Bradford | Brevard | Broward | Calhoun | Charlotte | Citrus | Clay | Collier | Columbia | DeSoto | Dixie | Duval | Escambia | Flagler | Franklin | Gadsden | Gilchrist | Glades | Gulf | Hamilton | Hardee | Hendry | Hernando | Highlands | Hillsborough | Holmes | Indian River | Jackson | Jefferson | Lafayette | Lake | Lee | Leon | Levy | Liberty | Madison | Manatee | Marion | Martin | Miami-Dade | Monroe | Nassau | Okaloosa | Okeechobee | Orange | Osceola | Palm Beach | Pasco | Pinellas | Polk | Putnam | Santa Rosa | Sarasota | Seminole | St. Johns | St. Lucie | Sumter | Suwannee | Taylor | Union | Volusia | Wakulla | Walton | Washington
Jeb Bush Budget $100 check and lower property taxes under Governor Bush plan.
Every homeowner would get a $100 check and see their property taxes go down under a plan just unveiled by Governor Bush.
Yesterday, Bush unveiled a proposal for one point $5 billion in total tax breaks.
That includes a nine percent cut in the rate for school property taxes.
Bush also wants to bring back a state sales tax on back to school supplies but continue the tax holiday on hurricane supplies in the days leading up to the start of storm season. For complete article click Florida Property Tax
Posted on Mon, Nov. 28, 2005 Broward property owners get two-week extension to pay taxes with full discount Herald Staff Report
Broward property owners have an extra 15 days -- until Dec. 15 -- to take advantage of the full, 4 percent discount on their property taxes, county officials said on Monday. For complete article click Florida Property Taxes
Neighbors face different property taxes
BY JEFF SCHWEERS FLORIDA TODAY WEB EXTRAS - MELBOURNE BEACH - Gordon Luckett and John Derrig live in identical homes valued at nearly the same price on the same street in the same subdivision south of Melbourne Beach.
Even the paint is the same color. But Derrig will save about $3,000 in property taxes this year because he bought his house a year before Luckett bought his.
"I think it's kind of arbitrary," Luckett said. "They're not treating everybody equally."
But it's the law. Under Save Our Homes, property values get locked in when you file for a homestead exemption. Once that's done, your home's value can't go up more than 3 percent a year. Complete story at Florida Property Tax
Higher Real Estate Market, is Generating Higher Taxes, but are These Taxpayers Paying More Then Their Fair Share? Where Are We Headed By Mike Thompson, Miami Beach
Homes can increase 20 to 25% from one year to the next. Sounds good for those not selling. Owners can refinance or get lines-of-credit, take out funds far and above their mortgage and not suffer any tax increases.
In one example a homeowner could have purchased a home 7 years ago for $100,000 paying $1,500 a year in tax. Even thought the home value has risen to $400,000 to $500,000, this owner still would have had a property tax of more or less $2,000 a year tax. The 3% increase rule forbids the County from raising the tax to its full-assessed value. In a County that charges $2 per $1,000 of value, this home should be now paying about $9,000 or more in taxes. The $7,000 savings has now been shifted to other property owners to cover this owner’s savings.
For complete story click on Florida Property Taxes
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