Think your property taxes are high, are you ready for a 40% increase?

Think your property taxes are high, are you ready for a 40% increase?

    I’m amazed that there hasn’t been a bigger emphasis on the financial cliffs that most major cities will soon face.  Most cities are heavily funded by property taxes and most importantly commercial property taxes.  How will cities fund their budgets that...
Colorado Property taxes jump 40%

Colorado Property taxes jump 40%

How can property taxes jump 40% since 2023 when values are basically flat in most areas?  Is there anything you can do about it?  In 2022, with property values and in turn taxes surging, the Colorado governor signed a grand bargain to save on property taxes in...
Best time to appeal property taxes in 15 years

Best time to appeal property taxes in 15 years

  In Colorado you will be receiving your new tax assessment in the next few weeks (typically the beginning of May) and time is of the essence as you have a limited window if you want to fight your tax value.  Your taxes are likely going up even though the market...
Another property tax compromise, 2 tax ballot questions pulled

Another property tax compromise, 2 tax ballot questions pulled

Will Colorado property owners actually see real property tax relief?    Property owners are fed up with the run away increases in Colorado property taxes and yet the legislature has done very little.  The governor and legislature blinked from the threat at the ballot...
Real Colorado property tax reduction on the ballot in 2024

Real Colorado property tax reduction on the ballot in 2024

With little real progress on property tax relief by the legislature (above is the legislative fix), there is an initiative now on the November ballot to radically alter how property taxes work in Colorado.   The new initiative would cap property taxes with a...
New Colorado property tax bill; will you actually save money

New Colorado property tax bill; will you actually save money

In the waning hours of the legislative session, a grand tax bill reduction was introduced to supposedly offset the 40-50% increases in the last tax cycle. The headlines are everywhere “Bipartisan bill would bring long-term property tax relief for Colorado homeowners”....