In the last newsletter, I wrote about the City of Apopka proposing a tax hike. (You can read it here.) What’s more interesting is that TRIM (Truth in Millage) Notice that was just sent out shows this increase in both sections whether there is a proposed budget change or no budget change. So, I guess…
Category Archives: Property Taxes and Insurance
City of Apopka Proposes a Tax Hike
The City of Apopka is raising the millage rate, but because of governmentese it is called a rate rollback. The reason they can do this is the municipality can raise the rate so that they can continue receiving the same amount of funds as in the previous year. The current rate is 3.5168 mils and…
Bear Lake Woods – Apopka, Seminole County, Florida 32703 – Homes For Sale
Bear Lake Woods is an approximately 100 single-family home community located in the Seminole County portion of Apopka built in the mid ‘90’s with the majority of the homes in the 2000sf range. Bear Lake Woods is a great place to live! For information on Apopka and Seminole and Orange County real estate and Apopka and Seminole…
Florida’s Property Tax Fiasco, Like the Energizer Bunny, Goes On and On….
Unbelievable! After all of these months of wrangling, town hall meetings, etc, this is the best that they could come up with. The major points of the proposed property tax amendment, which the citizens of Florida will vote on 1/29/08 are as follows: The homestead exemption will be increased from $25K to $40 or 50K…
Beach Blog
There are a couple of things that I’ve been noticing about the real estate market that I wish to relay to you. But, before I get to that there are some miscellaneous meanderings that I wish to write about. The many of you that know me, are aware of the fact that I try not…
Property Insurance and a Little Bit about Taxes
Well, the Legislature has reconvened for a special session & as I may have stated previously, I’m very concerned that we will not see anything good come out of this. There are many reasons why I state this. Firstly, the proposed plan, which is somewhat different from what I’ve previously blogged about, is still inadequate….
Property Taxes – The Saga Continues
I’ve been very concerned about where we are going with the property tax reform, as I am sure most of you in Florida are as well. Last evening there was a Town Hall Meeting in Apopka with Rep. Bryan Nelson. The plan that was revealed was interesting, but I am still very skeptical. My first…
Property Insurance – Our Nemesis II
Unfortunately here, in the State of Florida, we have a couple of items that are creating havoc with our economy and even forcing some into foreclosure. But that is another story and those people need to take blame for getting into something that they shouldn’t have in the first place. Anyway, back to property insurance….
Property Taxes – Our Nemesis! – con’t
I was actually planning on writing about our other nemesis – Homeowners Insurance, but today’s Orlando Sentinel had much ado about property taxes and Marco Rubio’s new plan. It seems that State Rep. Rubio’s previous plan was too drastic for many in the Senate, if not the House, to swallow. As you may have read…
Property Taxes – Our Nemesis!
Finally someone has come up with a tax-cut proposal that is somewhat realistic. David Simmons, a state representative from Maitland, has proposed a property tax plan that will offer big tax cuts, but asks homeowners of larger more expensive homes to get a lesser tax cut percentage. More in line with how income taxes work….
