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by lotsofpulp 1043 days ago
This is only true for very few markets that have ridiculous subsidies for land owners via laws that limit property tax, such as California.

Most other places re-assess all property values on an ongoing basis and charge you accordingly.

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>Most other places re-assess all property values on an ongoing basis and charge you accordingly

Those reassessments are based on market activity over the preceding year. Property changing hands without actually being a real estate transaction does not generate market data for the assessors to use