homestead
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The exemption only applies to Florida residents who are permanent and who have applied for what’s called the homestead exemption, and would only count toward non-school taxes.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026
Their homestead fed the family during the Great Depression and supplied the timber to build the main home.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
The Alila Ventana Big Sur resort is 51 years old, while the Post Ranch Inn sits on the former homestead of the Post pioneer family who settled in the region in the 1860s.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
The amendment would expand the so-called homestead exemption—a reduction in the taxable value of a homeowner’s primary residence—which typically results in a lower property-tax payment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
The homestead is still there, but I am the only one still alive that has memories of living there.
From "Life Is So Good" by George Dawson
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Neighbors judge one another for selling off family homesteads to developers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026
Thousands of feet below, a smattering of old homesteads spread out like playing cards on a poker table.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2025
Years ago, I made a white-knuckled jet-boat trip deep into the Idaho backcountry, where a trail of blossoming lilacs marked former homesteads along the Salmon River.
From Seattle Times ● May 4, 2024
And because of their ability to do that, it enabled humans to sort of stay in one place, not be so nomadic, to build farms and homesteads.
From Salon ● Apr. 23, 2024
As he neared the Hickock farm, he stopped at several neighboring homesteads, ostensibly to ask directions, actually to make inquiries concerning the suspect.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
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