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Old 06-06-2016, 04:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Roaddog53 View Post
An easy way to check taxes is to go to Lake County Tax Assessor Tax Calculator, which I think is light years ahead of Sumter County's Tax page. If you put in $335000 for a purchase price of a house in Fruitland Park, it will provide you all the data and assumptions. (Exemptions, etc) Taxes are $5,064 excluding the bond.
The same price of a home in Sumter County excluding the bond would be $2625. Each has a slight difference on fire, solid waste, but suffice it to say it is ALMOST double the cost in taxes.
Lake County new houses are cheaper than Sumter County new houses so as to offset the property tax difference. Two Villages sales reps have confirmed this to me. 8 years is the break even point.