December 8, 2025 | Mark Luis Foster

Those Minnesota property tax statements are getting people’s attention these days. We blogged about it a while back HERE. Many of us HOA homeowners have not only endured five years of ever-rising HOA insurance premiums, higher deductibles, and higher costs of labor and materials for those badly needed repairs. Now our property tax statements are causing sticker shock among some homeowners.

And Channel 5 did some math for Ramsey County.

5 EYEWITNESS NEWS crunched data from Ramsey County and found 52% of homeowners in Roseville are expected to see a 0-10% increase in their total property taxes next year, while 40% will see a 10-20% increase.

But not to worry…

Only a small fraction, about 1.5% could see more than a 30% jump in property taxes.

Seems to me that 41.5% of taxpayers have plenty to worry about. District referendums and resulting levies are having variable effects across the metro. Here in Lakeville where I live, which is in Dakota County, we passed a  $52MM levy, which is a 7% increase over last year. Good news for our HOA is that we are able to decrease our HOA fees because of a change to our master insurance (we went from all-in to bare walls coverage, saving us $100K annually). It’s tough balancing on the head of a financial pin.

The Channel 5 story talks to a Ramsey County gentleman who fell off his chair with a 35% increase in his taxes. Can’t say that I blame him. What are we getting in return for these increases?

You can watch their report and see a chart of district referendums updated to reflect expected dollar and percentage changes, HERE.