A homestead cap keeps you from getting hit with a huge increase in property tax on your home. A big increase...that's OK. But a really big one will get stopped in its track if your city or county has a homestead cap that keeps the appraised value of your home from increasing too rapidly. In so doing, it also keep your property tax from increasing too fast.
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