by Florida Today
Feb 27, 2012
Already facing overloaded dockets of criminal and civil cases, Florida’s court system is getting hit by a deluge of foreclosures that could tie up the state’s legal system for years to come, according to nationally ...
By Paul Owers
Feb 8, 2012
Florida has the nation’s highest foreclosure inventory, according to a report Wednesday from CoreLogic, a California research firm. Roughly 12 percent of all homes with a mortgage in the Sunshine State were in some stage ...
By Alyssa Abkowitz
Jan 20, 2012
With home values falling, many owners are counting on a tax break. So why are county assessors making it harder than ever to get one? The scene is all too familiar: A tax attorney in ...
By Bill Spinner
Jan 10, 2012
As Mayor Alvin Brown makes progress in streamlining Jacksonville city government, the independent Property Appraiser’s Office could also use several improvements. First, real estate valuations to determine taxes on commercial properties are often inflated. This ...
By Doug Sword
Oct 28, 2011
If homeownership is the American dream, that dream is slipping away—and more rapidly in Florida and in Southwest Florida than across the nation. The dream also is getting more crowded, with household sizes in owner-occupied ...
By Christopher Curry
Oct 2, 2011
In the home of the Florida Gators, No. 1 in football is something to aspire to. No. 1 in highest property tax rates is probably not as lofty a goal. Typically among the counties with ...
By the Tampa Bay Buzz
May 4, 2011
Despite warnings that the inequities in Florida’s property tax system will only get worse, the Florida Senate voted Wednesday to ask voters to decide whether to lower taxes for second home owners, commercial properties and ...
By Mary Ellen Klas
May 4, 2011
TALLAHASSEE — Florida voters will have a chance to reduce property taxes for first-time home buyers, commercial property owners and snowbirds under a constitutional amendment the Florida Senate voted Wednesday to put on the November ...
By Paul Wiseman
Mar 30, 2011
Javier Hyland was furious when he got his latest property tax bill from Miami-Dade County. First, the county put the value of his ocean-view apartment at $417,000. He can’t see any way the place is ...
By Robert Trigaux
Mar 22, 2011
Florida has roughly half the population of California, but more vacant houses. In fact, Florida, has more vacant houses — 1,567,778, more than one out of every six — than any state in the country. ...
By Tim Padgett
Jun 29, 2009
In Palm Beach County, buyers who find fire-sale bargains at foreclosed-home auctions — picking up, say, $400,000 houses for $100,000 or less — are realizing they’re required in many cases to pay the same property ...
By Bill Kaczor
Sep 15, 2008
The Associated Press TALLAHASSEE - Michael McKenna was baffled by his property tax assessment this year. The market value of his Longwood home fell by nearly $52,000, yet its taxable value increased by 3 percent—about ...