When I began my term as property appraiser of Miami-Dade County, I laid out a vision detailing how the office should operate. One hundred days later, we have built upon that vision by finding ways to help taxpayers receive benefits ... more

Already the focus of intense scrutiny by lawmakers and elder advocates, Florida’s troubled assisted-living industry has taken another hit: Miami-Dade’s new property appraiser has accused scores of the homes’ owners of gaining improper homestead exemptions that could cost taxpayers millions ... more

“People should be more aware, in the state of Florida and the kind of soil we have, so having someone come and check it would probably be a good idea,” said Osceola Property Appraiser Katrina Scarborough.

West Palm Beach, Florida. Palm Beach County Property Appraiser Gary Nikolits CFA presented Brian Overfield RES, Tom Albanese RES and David Adomatis PPS their designation certificates from the International Association of Assessing Officers on February 7th. These three IAAO designations ... more

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -

A real estate broker in Jacksonville is trying to show the differences between squatting and adverse possession.

Rosemary McCoy said the media and public ... more

Panama City. The most hotly-contested items on Florida's General Election ballot might not have anything to do with candidates. The fate of eleven constitutional amendments will be decided, and one of them  Amendment 4  has stirred passions on both sides ... more

Florida Association of Property Appraisers recognizes the achievement of 10 Florida Jurisdictions for outstanding work who have received the coveted...
Certificate of Excellence in Assessment Administration awarded by the International Association of Assessing Officers. Just last week Florida added four jurisdictions:  ... more

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Orange County Property Appraiser Bill Donegan announced today starting August 15^th

STUART — The taxable value of Martin County's real estate declined by about 1 percent in the past year to just shy of $17 billion, Property Appraiser Laurel Kelly said Monday.

Trinity Broadcasting Network apparently didn't have a prayer when it asked Orange County's property appraiser to reclassify a couple of million-dollar lakefront mansions in Windermere as parsonages to avoid the county's property tax.

The nonprofit Christian-television network, ... more

On Sunday, the Orlando Sentinel published an article ("Changes cut Disney's tax bill $1.8M over 2 years") regarding land values at local theme parks, with particular attention to Disney's property and the 30 percent increase in land value from 2003 ... more

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Four people -- one of them a recent Jacksonville mayoral candidate -- were charged over the weekend with taking over vacant homes, either to live in themselves or to rent them out to others.

by Karen Brune Mathis, Managing Editor

At an average price of $358,000, Key West was No. 1 on a list of ... more

Palm Beach County Property Appraiser Gary Nikolits is warning the countywide tax base could drop by as much as 2 percent if a proposal to use foreclosures and short sales to assign property values wins approval from state lawmakers.

Early ... more

 BILL DONEGAN, ORANGE COUNTY PROPERTY APPRAISER REMINDS HOMEOWNERS TO FILE FOR HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION

This year was less than three days old Tuesday when state economists nudged down their projections for Florida property tax values.

Overall, state economists expect statewide property values to drop 4.2 percent this year, a larger decrease than their initial fall ... more

A proposed constitutional amendment that would cap the amount of taxes virtually all property owners pay is quickly gaining traction in Tallahassee.

For most homeowners with homestead, it would mean a super exemption on top of current exemptions, ranging from 15 ... more

A change in the way information is listed on the back of Palm Beach County property tax bills caused a 70 percent spike in the number of phone calls the property appraiser's office received last month, officials said Tuesday.

Someone should have seen this coming.

Back when the city and county cut the deal with the Marlins ballclub to finance the lion’s share of a baseball stadium, along with parking garages, there was no independent, elected property tax appraiser to ... more

Jeffrey Brody, the Equitax franchise owner in Estero who failed to show up for property tax hearings, surfaced on Tuesday and said that he was filing for bankruptcy.

Brody said in an email that “because of circumstances ... more

When Ted Gravenhorst saw the appraised market value of his Pelican Landing home jump by about $100,000 this year, he sought help in disputing the assessment.

The 72-year-old Bonita Springs resident turned to a brochure that arrived in the mail this ... more

A man hired by more than 200 Southwest Florida property owners to lower their taxes has disappeared, and so have the thousands of dollars they paid him.

PORT ORANGE -- People are figuring out that now is the time to buy real estate, Volusia County Property Appraiser Morgan Gilreath told the City Council and four other residents in the audience Tuesday at City Hall.

"I think we ... more

Bill Kulik was steamed when he got his first Florida property tax bill.

The recent retiree faced a $5,547 hit that seemed even higher when he learned his next-door neighbor in a nearly identical house was paying barely ... more

Escambia County's property appraiser and tax collector have prevailed again in what was the largest remaining residential lawsuit relating to charging property taxes on Santa Rosa Island.

Florida's 1st District Court of Appeal on Monday ruled in ... more

Pity the poor Nevada homeowner. With home prices tumbling there at perhaps the fastest rate in the nation, it has become nearly impossible to get a handle on how much a home is worth. Why? Because appraisers, who base ... more

The question of whether Navarre Beach residents should be exempt from paying property taxes could ultimately be decided by the Florida Supreme Court.

The state’s First District Court of Appeal sided with Santa Rosa County Property Appraiser Greg Brown and a ... more

BOYNTON BEACH — It's a big empty lot, bordered to the north by a potholed road that dead-ends at a line of Australian pines. The street's terminus is marked by a rotted mattress and silver bowls someone put out ... more

After dropping like a stone for more than three years, Palm Beach County's property values started to level off in 2010, property appraiser Gary Nikolits said Monday - good news for local governments that have been slashing budgets to make ... more