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    8 Steps to Appeal Your Property Tax Bill

    by Sandra Block, Senior Editor, Kiplinger's Personal Finance Apr 19, 2019 3 minutes

    Home values have risen across the country, which means many homeowners' property taxes are going up, too. The average annual property tax for owner-occupied single family homes nationwide in 2017 was $3,399, an effective tax rate of 1.17%, according to Attom Data Solutions. Nine counties impose average annual property taxes of $10,000 or more. In Westchester County, New York, the average property tax is more than $17,000 a year. Now that federal deductions for state and local taxes are capped at $10,000, living in a high-tax jurisdiction has become even more expensive.

    If your property tax bill has

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