Despite relentless urging from the DeSantis administration to slash property tax rates, cities and counties in Central Florida largely chose to ignore the pressure.

At least 20 local governments in the four-county area have decided to keep their same property tax rate as last year, according to a Orlando Sentinel review of decisions made as municipalities approached the annual Oct. 1 deadline to set their so-called millage. Nine increased their tax rate, while eight decreased it. But even most of those that lowered the rate at which they tax property will collect more money than last year, as a result of the continued surge in this fast-growing region’s property values.

That surge also ensures that the vast majority of Central Florida homeowners will confront higher property tax bills ne

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