The 2026 Property Tax Revolt: These States Move to End Property Taxes

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🗓️ 9 April 2026

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Property taxes: banned. There are now more than a dozen states across the country seeking to limit, reduce, or outright eliminate property taxes—and the support behind the efforts is growing. As property taxes explode across the U.S., homeowners are facing an average 30% increase, curbing affordability efforts. As a result, Florida, North Dakota, Indiana, Texas, and other states are considering banning or heavily restricting property taxes. Today, we’re getting into the Great Property Tax Revolt of 2026. There are five types of property tax bills being proposed: assessment limitations, levy caps, homestead exemptions, credits and reductions, and tax swaps. These new property tax proposals could save homeowners thousands of dollars per year, but the side effects on local government budgets could be substantial. If we don’t have property taxes funding local services, what will? We’ll get into all of it and the top states’ proposals for eliminating or limiting property taxes. One often-overlooked state is funding its property tax elimination without any extra cost to homeowners. How will it work? And if primary homeowners get property tax breaks, will investors have to fill in the gaps with higher taxes? This is what could happen next. In This Episode We Cover Two states that could soon completely eliminate property taxes for primary residences The downside of lower (or no) property taxes: will other taxes jump as a result? What could happen to property values if your state decides to eliminate property taxes How property tax bans will affect real estate investors (will your tax bill go up or down?) Why property taxes have exploded 30% (and whether new assessments could push them higher) States with the highest (and lowest) property tax rates in 2026 And So Much More! Links from the Show ⁠Join the Future of Real Estate Investing with Fundrise⁠ ⁠Join BiggerPockets for FREE⁠ ⁠Join us at the BiggerPockets Conference October 2-4 in Orlando. Buy tickets⁠ ⁠Sign Up for the On the Market Newsletter⁠ ⁠Property Manager Finder⁠ On the Market 404 - 75,000 “Relistings” Could Hit the Market, But Inventory WON’T Explode? w/Mike Simonsen Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis: How higher property taxes increase home affordability ⁠Dave's BiggerPockets Profile⁠ ⁠Grab Dave’s Book, "Start with Strategy" Check out more resources from this show on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BiggerPockets.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/on-the-market-415⁠. Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠advertise@biggerpockets.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	property taxes have become one of the fastest growing costs of homeownership in America.
0:05.0	They're actually up nearly 30% since 2019. That's a national average. And now a broad political
0:12.4	revolt is starting to take shape across the country. More than a dozen states are actively
0:18.9	weighing proposals to limit, reduce, or fully eliminate property
0:23.5	taxes. And some of these ideas are serious. They could actually be implemented. So the implications
0:29.3	for the housing market and real estate investors are significant. Today on on the market,
0:34.9	we're breaking it down. We're talking about the great property tax revolt, how property taxes have evolved, how they're impacting the market today, what remedies are being proposed, and which ones are likely to pass.
0:47.8	And of course, we'll talk about how this all could impact your portfolio and what you should be doing about it.
0:58.0	Thank you. could impact your portfolio and what you should be doing about it. Hey everyone, welcome to On the Market. I'm Dave Meyer, investor and chief investment officer at Bigger Pockets.
1:05.9	Today on the show, we're digging into one of the biggest sticker shocks investors
1:10.6	have been facing and dealing
1:12.3	with in recent years, property taxes.
1:15.3	Back in the day, I remember fondly the time when property taxes were just background noise
1:20.7	where you just didn't really think about it.
1:22.8	They kind of were what they were.
1:24.4	Now, they are a major expense category category and the change in property taxes and how
1:30.6	quickly they're changing has become a constant source of stress and it's something that
1:36.6	investors just have to deal with more and more. Because property taxes are significantly
1:42.8	impacting the overall big picture costs of homeownership in the
1:48.1	United States. They're also impacting cash flow and overall return on investment for investors as
1:54.0	well. And this problem is now starting to get more and more political attention. Actually, more than a dozen states now have legislation to try and figure out some level
2:06.1	of relief for homeowners and in some cases for investors as well.
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