{"id":11719,"date":"2025-06-04T15:51:36","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T19:51:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/?p=11719"},"modified":"2025-06-04T15:51:41","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T19:51:41","slug":"guest-column-busy-real-estate-season-is-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/creekline-st-johns\/guest-column-busy-real-estate-season-is-here\/","title":{"rendered":"Guest Column | Busy real estate season is here\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>By St. Johns County Property Appraiser Eddie Creamer<\/em><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The busy season for real estate has arrived. If you\u2019re looking to purchase a home, here are important items to keep in mind during the home-buying process.<br>First, be aware that the previous owner\u2019s property taxes will not be the same as your property taxes. Once ownership of a property changes, then all caps and exemptions are removed for the following tax year, and the property\u2019s assessed value is reset. To accurately determine what your property taxes will be on a particular property, visit the tax estimator available on our website at www.sjcpa.gov. Once on the website, find the property on the map. Under the report of the property, click the tax estimator button. It will bring you to our tax estimator, and the tax district and millage rate will prepopulate for that property. When filling out the tax estimator fields, always use the property\u2019s sale price in the Just (Market) Value field for the most accurate calculation. Our online tax estimator also shows CDD fees, if applicable, and solid waste fees.<br>Next, if you\u2019re selling your home before purchasing your new home, check your Portability\/Save Our Homes total. If you feel this total should be different, contact us, and we will make every effort to work with you. It is important to contact us before your home is sold because we are unable to make updates to a previously owned property. You can find your Portability\/Save Our Homes total by either looking at your TRIM notice found on your property record on our website or by contacting our office.<br>Finally, once you\u2019ve purchased your home, don\u2019t forget to file for homestead exemption, Portability\/Save Our Homes, and any other qualifying exemptions. The deadline to file for personal exemptions is March 1 of the tax year. Property owners can conveniently file for exemptions through our website or by visiting our office. Once you\u2019re approved for a homestead exemption, you do not need to reapply each year unless there has been a change in marital status.<br>I\u2019m available to answer questions or provide additional information at Eddie@sjcpa.gov or (904) 827-5500.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By St. Johns County Property Appraiser Eddie Creamer The busy season for real estate has arrived. If you\u2019re looking to purchase a home, here are important items to keep in mind during the home-buying process.First, be aware that the previous owner\u2019s property taxes will not be the same as your property taxes. Once ownership of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8105,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-11719","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-creekline-st-johns","8":"category-ponte-vedra"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Guest Column | Busy real estate season is here\u00a0 - Florida NewsLine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"CreekLine, Ponte Vedra NewsLine By St. Johns County Property Appraiser Eddie Creamer The busy season for real estate has arrived. If you\u2019re looking to purchase a home, here are important\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/creekline-st-johns\/guest-column-busy-real-estate-season-is-here\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Guest Column | Busy real estate season is here\u00a0 - Florida NewsLine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"CreekLine, Ponte Vedra NewsLine By St. Johns County Property Appraiser Eddie Creamer The busy season for real estate has arrived. If you\u2019re looking to purchase a home, here are important\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/creekline-st-johns\/guest-column-busy-real-estate-season-is-here\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Florida NewsLine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheFloridaNewsLine\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-06-04T19:51:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-06-04T19:51:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/054-Monarch19-Eddie-Creamer-DSC_9069-1-scaled-e1620660179871.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1542\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1676\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"editor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@floridanewsline\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@floridanewsline\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"editor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/creekline-st-johns\/guest-column-busy-real-estate-season-is-here\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/creekline-st-johns\/guest-column-busy-real-estate-season-is-here\/\",\"name\":\"Guest Column | Busy real estate season is here\u00a0 - Florida NewsLine\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/creekline-st-johns\/guest-column-busy-real-estate-season-is-here\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/creekline-st-johns\/guest-column-busy-real-estate-season-is-here\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/054-Monarch19-Eddie-Creamer-DSC_9069-1-scaled-e1620660179871.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-06-04T19:51:36+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-06-04T19:51:41+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/#\/schema\/person\/f112e5505697e0e24f438c3562ad0fcc\"},\"description\":\"CreekLine, Ponte Vedra NewsLine By St. Johns County Property Appraiser Eddie Creamer The busy season for real estate has arrived. If you\u2019re looking to purchase a home, here are important\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/creekline-st-johns\/guest-column-busy-real-estate-season-is-here\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/creekline-st-johns\/guest-column-busy-real-estate-season-is-here\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/creekline-st-johns\/guest-column-busy-real-estate-season-is-here\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/054-Monarch19-Eddie-Creamer-DSC_9069-1-scaled-e1620660179871.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/054-Monarch19-Eddie-Creamer-DSC_9069-1-scaled-e1620660179871.jpg\",\"width\":1542,\"height\":1676,\"caption\":\"Photo Credit: Zach Thomas\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/creekline-st-johns\/guest-column-busy-real-estate-season-is-here\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Guest Column | Busy real estate season is here\u00a0\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/\",\"name\":\"Florida NewsLine\",\"description\":\"The Newspapers Everybody Gets\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/#\/schema\/person\/f112e5505697e0e24f438c3562ad0fcc\",\"name\":\"editor\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/author\/editor\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Guest Column | Busy real estate season is here\u00a0 - Florida NewsLine","description":"CreekLine, Ponte Vedra NewsLine By St. Johns County Property Appraiser Eddie Creamer The busy season for real estate has arrived. If you\u2019re looking to purchase a home, here are important","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/creekline-st-johns\/guest-column-busy-real-estate-season-is-here\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Guest Column | Busy real estate season is here\u00a0 - Florida NewsLine","og_description":"CreekLine, Ponte Vedra NewsLine By St. Johns County Property Appraiser Eddie Creamer The busy season for real estate has arrived. If you\u2019re looking to purchase a home, here are important","og_url":"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/creekline-st-johns\/guest-column-busy-real-estate-season-is-here\/","og_site_name":"Florida NewsLine","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheFloridaNewsLine\/","article_published_time":"2025-06-04T19:51:36+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-06-04T19:51:41+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1542,"height":1676,"url":"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/054-Monarch19-Eddie-Creamer-DSC_9069-1-scaled-e1620660179871.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"editor","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@floridanewsline","twitter_site":"@floridanewsline","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"editor","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/creekline-st-johns\/guest-column-busy-real-estate-season-is-here\/","url":"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/creekline-st-johns\/guest-column-busy-real-estate-season-is-here\/","name":"Guest Column | Busy real estate season is here\u00a0 - Florida NewsLine","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/creekline-st-johns\/guest-column-busy-real-estate-season-is-here\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/creekline-st-johns\/guest-column-busy-real-estate-season-is-here\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/054-Monarch19-Eddie-Creamer-DSC_9069-1-scaled-e1620660179871.jpg","datePublished":"2025-06-04T19:51:36+00:00","dateModified":"2025-06-04T19:51:41+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/#\/schema\/person\/f112e5505697e0e24f438c3562ad0fcc"},"description":"CreekLine, Ponte Vedra NewsLine By St. Johns County Property Appraiser Eddie Creamer The busy season for real estate has arrived. If you\u2019re looking to purchase a home, here are important","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/creekline-st-johns\/guest-column-busy-real-estate-season-is-here\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/creekline-st-johns\/guest-column-busy-real-estate-season-is-here\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en","@id":"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/creekline-st-johns\/guest-column-busy-real-estate-season-is-here\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/054-Monarch19-Eddie-Creamer-DSC_9069-1-scaled-e1620660179871.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/054-Monarch19-Eddie-Creamer-DSC_9069-1-scaled-e1620660179871.jpg","width":1542,"height":1676,"caption":"Photo Credit: Zach Thomas"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/creekline-st-johns\/guest-column-busy-real-estate-season-is-here\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Guest Column | Busy real estate season is here\u00a0"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/#website","url":"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/","name":"Florida NewsLine","description":"The Newspapers Everybody Gets","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/#\/schema\/person\/f112e5505697e0e24f438c3562ad0fcc","name":"editor","url":"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/author\/editor\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11719"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11719\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11720,"href":"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11719\/revisions\/11720"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}