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Property taxes are already climbing across the U.S., but for many new homeowners, the real shock comes after closing.
Some buyers are discovering they owe far more in property taxes than the people living right next door.
It's a quirk of the system referred to as the "newcomer tax." Thanks to Jeff Bezos, you can nowbecome a landlord for as little as $100— and no, you don't have to deal with tenants or fix freezers.
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Instead, it's the result of how many local governments assess property values.
Longtime homeowners often benefit from caps that limit how much their taxable home value can rise each year.
But when a home is sold, that protection typically disappears, and the property's value resets to current market levels.
That means a new buyer can end up paying taxes based on today's prices, while their neighbors are still taxed on values from years or even decades ago.
Combined with high mortgage rates and elevated home prices, that gap can translate into thousands of dollars in additional annual costs, adding yet another financial hurdle for buyers already stretching to afford a home.
According to real estate data firm ATTOM, property taxes for the average U.S.
single family home rose 3% in 2025, which was higher than inflation (1).
But new homeowners in some localities could face a higher property tax bill than their neighbors because of property-tax assessment limits.
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