{"id":3171,"date":"2026-11-05T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-11-05T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kristelgrondin.com\/blog\/?p=3171"},"modified":"2026-11-05T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T10:00:00","slug":"florida-homestead-exemption-requires-filing-referrals-are-the-lifeline-of-my-business-i-appreciate-all-referrals-promise-to-take-care-of-your-friends-family-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kristelgrondin.com\/blog\/2026\/11\/05\/florida-homestead-exemption-requires-filing-referrals-are-the-lifeline-of-my-business-i-appreciate-all-referrals-promise-to-take-care-of-your-friends-family-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Homestead Exemption Requires Filing | Referrals are the lifeline of my business. I appreciate all referrals &amp; promise to take care of your friends &amp; family."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-zmyer\">\n<div class=\"video-frame-zmyer\">\n        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.roomvu.com\/agent\/embed\/kristel-grondin\/homestead-exemption-file-remotion-videos-c586\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><br \/>\n        <\/iframe>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"video-description-zmyer\">\n<p>In Florida, buying a home does not automatically place the homestead exemption on your tax bill; new owners must file with the county.<br \/>\nApply as soon as you move in, because each tax year missed is billed without the exemption, including your first full-year property tax bill.<br \/>\nFlorida also limits taxable-value growth for homesteads to ~3% or inflation, whichever is lower, but that cap starts only after the exemption has been active.<br \/>\nIf you miss that first full year, Florida\u2019s assessment cap starts later, which can leave future tax bills based on a higher starting value.<br \/>\nFind the application through your county property appraiser or assessor, file it yourself for free, and remember Florida\u2019s deadline is March 1.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Florida, buying a home does not automatically place the homestead exemption on your tax bill; new owners must file with the county. Apply as soon as you move in, because each tax year missed is billed without the exemption, including your first full-year property tax bill. Florida also limits taxable-value growth for homesteads to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":220,"featured_media":3172,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kristelgrondin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kristelgrondin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kristelgrondin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kristelgrondin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/220"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kristelgrondin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3171"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.kristelgrondin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3171\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3209,"href":"https:\/\/www.kristelgrondin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3171\/revisions\/3209"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kristelgrondin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kristelgrondin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kristelgrondin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kristelgrondin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}