HOW TO SAVE MONEY ON YOUR PROPERTY TAXES
September 18th, 2008 categories: Real Estate Resourcing
Do you want to lower your property taxes and your overall housing budget?
Well, if that’s your goal, you might want to consider relocating to an area where property tax rates are lowest. Here’s a chart of the current (2007) tax rates in various locations within Kerr, Kendall and Gillespie Counties along with an estimation of what taxes would run for a $150,000 Home (no exemptions):
(Compiled from data provided by Kerr, Kendall and Gillespie Appraisal Districts)
Here are a few things to take note of:
The cheapest places to live (in terms of property taxes) in these three counties in the Hill Country is Outside the City Limits, in Kerr County, in the Divide ISD. If that isn’t where you want to be, check out the following list (moving from the lowest property taxes to the highest):
Top 10 Best Places to Live in Kerr, Gillespie and Kendall Counties
(If You Want To Save on Property Taxes)
- Kerr County in the Divide ISD
- Gillespie County in the Doss ISD
- Gillespie County in Harper ISD
- Kerr County in Medina ISD
- Kerr County in Harper ISD
- Kerr County in Hunt ISD
- Kerr County in Center Point ISD
- Kendall County in Comfort ISD
- Kerr County in Kerrville ISD
- Kerr County in Ingram ISD
All of these are outside any city limits.
If being far out of town is not what you are looking for, you’d be smart to look for a home close to town but just outside the city limits. Your savings on a $150,000 home would be as follows: $825 per year just outside of the Kerrville city limits, $663 per year just outside the Boerne city limits, and $362 per year just outside of the Fredericksburg city limits.
If being “In Town” is important to you (e.g, my definition of being “in town” is that it at least have ONE grocery store), Comfort has the cheapest property taxes, followed by Fredericksburg, Kerrville and Boerne, in that order.
Obviously, property taxes is just one element in the housing budget and may or may not be a determining factor in your choice of a home. Please let us know what is important to YOU and we’d love to help you find your “Hill Country Home.” Ask for Julie or Buddy, 830-995-2511.
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