[Jane Long]

Aren’t property taxes in Texas high?

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Yes, but the lack of a state income tax helps to ease the pain.

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Thanks for pointing that out. Folks tend to forget/overlook that, when mentioning Texas’ high property taxes.

[Night Hides Not]

Another factor in Texas' favor is home prices, as compared to more expensive metro areas. My 2400SF home has a Zillow in the range of $325K. With a current mortgage payment of less than $1800, we're very happy with our house.

BTW, thanks to recent tornado activity, our property insurance now accounts for 20% of that mortgage payment, and it won't decline anytime soon. We're having to replace our roof after being attacked by baseball size hail last week.

[RGF]

Texas property taxes are extremely higher that I’m used to. 3-4% of appraised value, vs the house we own in CA which is taxed at 1.2% of what we bought it for. True, no income tax which is great. At some point I think they’ll have to change from appraised to what you bought it for. Old folks will get taxed out of their property. We are staying in TX regardless, I just couldn’t take the politics in CA any more........who is John Galt?