State’s ‘80% Tax Cut’ Claim Crumbles as New Law Creates Winners, Losers —
and Homes No One Can Sell
By Lisa Bennett
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Newly compiled data from Bill Stene, a sales agent with Polly Kovash Brokerage at Metro Realtors LLP (www.metrorealtorsllp.com), shows increases ranging from several hundred dollars to more than 150 percent, depending on property type and classification. Stene warns that the new system is so uneven that some properties may become effectively unsellable.
The state’s “80% got a tax cut” message was based on a comparison between 2025 taxes under the new law and a hypothetical 2025 bill under the old system, not to what people actually paid the year before. Many homeowners who expected relief instead saw their taxes rise—just not as much as they would have without the change
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