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March 2026

A $50,000 Homestead Exclusion Is the Fair Response to Guilford County’s Revaluation Shock
Guilford County’s 2026 “revenue-neutral” revaluation doesn’t keep taxes the same, it redistributes them, downward.
 • George Hartzman
Updated; Tammi Thurm’s Tax Increase Plan; Reverse Robin Hood Comes to Greensboro
Thurm’s “Small Increase” Is a Big Tax Hike for Greensboro Homeowners
 • George Hartzman
What Happens If/When Fossil Fuel Supplies Fall by 25%, 50% or 75%? With Some Current Conditions
Energy is the backbone of geopolitical, food and demographic stability
 • George Hartzman
Revenue Neutral, Reality Not; Homeowners Forced to Fund Commercial Tax Cuts; $144,000 Tax Cuts for Tower; Increases for Guilford County…
Commercial Property Revaluations Released; Who Really Pays Under “Revenue Neutral”?
 • George Hartzman
Guilford County Property Values Are Surging, but Incomes Aren’t; The Hidden Shift in Guilford County’s Property Tax Burden
When Costs Rise Faster Than Income; The Growing Gap Between Incomes, Taxes and Costs
 • George Hartzman
Greensboro’s Property Revaluation Is Producing an Unexpected Result; Tax Cuts for Some of the City’s Most Expensive Homes at the Expense of…
The numbers suggest the tax burden could shift; downward
 • George Hartzman
The Unequal Impact of "Revenue-Neutral" Adjustments; For Most of Us, It’s a Tax Hike
When Appreciation Outpaces the Average, So Does Your Tax Bill
 • George Hartzman

February 2026

Guilford County and Greensboro Real Estate Revaluation Driven Tax Increases Function as a Tax on Unrealized Gains
We Didn’t Sell or Profit. But We are Going to Owe More.
 • George Hartzman
Guilford County 2026 Property Revaluation; Data and Methodology Records Request
With links to related posts
 • George Hartzman
The Parking Deck Scam; How Greensboro's Insiders Turned Public Debt into Private Profit
A small group of connected insiders used The Tanger Center for Performing Arts, parking decks and a purchased City Council to enrich themselves at…
 • George Hartzman
Triad Business Journal selectively frames data, collapses timelines and leans on optimistic narrators in ways favoring real-estate and…
It's not neutral business journalism; it’s boosterism with footnotes.
 • George Hartzman
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