Report: Tampa property taxes up nearly 60% since pandemic

A new report analyzing property tax increases in metro areas nationally since the pandemic has bad news for a trio of Florida markets: Jacksonville, Tampa and Miami are all in the top 3 of regions with the biggest increases. 

On the bright side, those regions weren’t No. 1 or No. 2. That fell to Indianapolis, where the report, from tech real estate brokerage Redfin, found the typical homebuyer pays 66.7% more today than they would have in 2019, bringing their monthly tax bill to $205. Atlanta is No. 2 with a 65.8% increase to $239. Then three from the Sunshine State, with increases ranging from 48.1% to 59.6%. 

The report posits three reasons for the tax increases in Florida, including: