South Florida On The Market

LendingTree ranked 50 U.S. metro areas. At No. 24, Miami was solidly average, but property taxes in three other state metro areas ranked from No. 11 to No. 14. NEW YORK – Property taxes vary significantly across the nation’s 50 largest metros. How much homeowners pay in property taxes largely depends on where they live and what their home is worth. Homeowners in the lowest property tax metro, Birmingham, Ala., pay about $7,700 less than their counterparts in the New York metro area, which has the highest property taxes in the U.S. Property taxes in Birmingham average $753 (homes without a mortgage); property taxes in New York City average $8,180. Of four Florida metros included in the rankings, Miami has the highest property taxes ($2,481), but it still only ranked No. 24 with 26 other U.S. metros more expensive. Tampa came in at No. 11 ($1,406), Jacksonville at No. 12 ($1,575), and Orlando at No. 14 ($1,744). Birmingham is the only metro where median property taxes are less than $1,00