Guide Property Tax by State, and What It Costs on a Real Home
The same house costs eight times more in property tax in New Jersey than in Alabama.
Mortgages & Home
Buying, owning and refinancing a home. Affordability, closing costs, and the property tax rates that vary eightfold between states.
Calculators 6
Work out a number using the rates we publish.
- Property Tax Calculator by State An effective rate applied to home value, why your county bill differs from it, and the exemptions people forget to claim.
- Closing Cost Calculator: The Cash You Need at the Table A range rather than a quote, because transfer taxes and recording fees are set county by county.
- Rent vs Buy Calculator: The Cost Over the Years You Stay Total rent against the total cost of owning, net of the equity left after selling. The answer swings hard on how long you stay.
- Refinance Calculator: The Break-Even Point on Closing Costs How many months of a lower payment it takes to recover the closing costs, and what a longer term quietly does to the total.
- Mortgage Affordability Calculator: What a Lender Will Lend Two debt-to-income ratios decide the answer, and the lower of them binds. Property tax then takes a bite out of it.
- Mortgage Payment Calculator: What the Monthly Figure Contains Principal, interest, insurance and property tax, worked out separately so you can see which part actually moves.
Guides 1
How a rule works, and what it means for you.
Guide Comparisons 1
Ranked picks, with the criteria stated first.
