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To: Texas Eagle

And those same commies are suggesting that us boomers sell our homes to make room for up and coming home buyers.
That is a hard no. My house is paid off. In a short time, I will be able to freeze my property taxes (hitting 65).


12 posted on 07/23/2025 3:03:27 PM PDT by Texas resident ( We finally have an American President again)
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To: Texas resident

Lower the mortgage deduction to $200k-one time only. That will lower prices.

Why should anyone taking out a million dollar loan need any kind of tax break?


13 posted on 07/23/2025 3:08:32 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: Texas resident

Instead of freezing the property taxes, file a form 50-126 for Texas, at the county level, to defer the taxes.

You stop paying taxes at all, and the property taxes continue as a lien on the property until it is sold - presumably when you and the missus pass.

You do it for cash flow reasons. No one likes a lien on the property for 20 years, but depending on Gov Abbott’s new property tax proposal it may be an extra step in a plan.


23 posted on 07/23/2025 4:01:40 PM PDT by texas booster (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team # 36120) Cure Alzheimer's!)
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To: Texas resident

“That is a hard no. My house is paid off. In a short time, I will be able to freeze my property taxes (hitting 65).”

Only school taxes.

When I lived in Texas we had a bunch of different “property” taxes.


39 posted on 07/23/2025 5:20:49 PM PDT by TexasGator (11/I1.here is no Sharknado system)
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