Florida's Save Our Homes benefit can be worth six figures in a divorce settlement, and an over-assessed property can mean years of excess tax bills. We help homeowners and business owners in Broward County with portability analysis, residential appeals, and commercial appeals.
Broward County is Florida's second-most populous county, home to Fort Lauderdale, Hollywood, Pembroke Pines, Coral Springs, Plantation, and dozens of other cities. Many Broward homeowners have held their homestead for years, often building up a Save Our Homes gap that becomes a real financial question once a marriage ends.
Steve has presented on Save Our Homes portability and divorce property tax issues to the Broward County Matrimonial Lawyers Group; read more about our credentials.
From beachfront condos along Fort Lauderdale's coast to single-family neighborhoods further inland, Broward's property values vary significantly by city and even by neighborhood. That variation matters for a divorce settlement, since the dollar value of portability scales with market value, and for an assessment appeal, since the comparable sales need to come from the right area.
If one spouse is keeping the homestead, or the home is being sold and both parties are starting over, the accumulated Save Our Homes benefit needs to be identified and valued before the settlement is finalized. We calculate the portability value, the annual tax savings, and what happens if the homestead is abandoned.
Submit your Broward property address and we'll tell you whether a meaningful Save Our Homes / portability benefit exists, at no cost. If it's worth a full written report, the analysis is $1,250.
Every August, Broward County property owners receive a TRIM notice showing the proposed assessment for the coming tax year. If that number looks too high, there's a limited window to challenge it with the county's Value Adjustment Board.
The Broward County Property Appraiser mails TRIM notices (Notice of Proposed Property Taxes) in mid-to-late August, showing the proposed assessed value for the coming year and the deadline to file a Value Adjustment Board petition.
VAB petitions in Broward County are filed with the Broward County Value Adjustment Board within 25 days of the TRIM notice mailing date. We review the proposed assessment against recent sales and let you know whether a petition makes sense before that deadline.
Broward's combined millage rate depends on which city, or unincorporated area, a property sits in, plus county, school, and special district levies. We use the actual millage for your taxing district when estimating tax savings from portability or a successful appeal.
Your assessed value, exemptions, and TRIM notice details are on file with the Broward County Property Appraiser's Office. Use their property search tool to look up your parcel before requesting a review.
Free check or a $1,250 written portability valuation report for settlements.
TRIM notice review and Value Adjustment Board petition support for homeowners.
Data-driven VAB petitions for commercial property owners and investors.