Guilford County property owners who thought Senate Bill 889 meant they were definitely getting a break on their property tax bills this year may want to hold off on the celebration.
They may also want to hold on to their wallets.
Here’s the thing. While the new bill that everyone and his or her brother expects to become law will force some counties like Guilford County to use older property values, there’s nothing that says the county can’t just take the old values and slap a giant tax hike on there to make up for the fact that it can’t use the 2026 reevaluation numbers. That’s essentially what the City of Greensboro just did…