Durham Region Real Estate Blog

Property tax rates have been dropping consistently across the GTA for over a decade.  

Getting lower?  Did you read that right?

Yes, property tax rates are getting lower!

Why haven't you noticed on your tax bills, then?  In short, the property tax rate (also known as the mill or millage rate) has been dropping as property...

This is an old article - here are the 2024 Durham Region Property Tax Rates.

Here are the property or municipal tax rates for 2016 within Durham Region and the GTA.  I have included Toronto and other places, as many of my clients express frustration at the higher taxes that Durham residents face when compared to the rest of the GTA.

Last year's tax...

This is an old article - here are the 2024 Durham Region Property Tax Rates.

Here are the property or municipal tax rates for 2015 within Durham Region and the GTA.  I have included Toronto and other places, as many of my clients express frustration at the higher taxes that Durham residents face when compared to the rest of the GTA.

If you look...

This is an old article - here are the 2024 Property Tax Rates.

Here are municipal tax rates for 2014 within Durham Region.  I have included Toronto and other places, as many of my clients express frustration at the higher taxes that Durham residents face when compared to the rest of the GTA.

If you look at the average property in each city, the difference...

 This is an old article - here are the 2024 Property Tax Rates.

For example, the City of Toronto has one of the lowest rates in the province.  That may sound wonderful, but when you take into account that it also has one of the highest property assessment averages, the actual amount of municipal tax you pay there isn't much different than in...