I just got the latest tax assessment and sure enough I will be paying more this year. I did fight the last increase, simply because it came during the depths of the last housing crisis. But now we have so many people moving in from the North who IMO are way overpaying for their houses that the comps are out of control. I guess when you pay $500 k for a shack in New Jersey anything in North Carolina seems like a bargain. I might have to start looking for a less desirable place to call home.