For years, that fear kept California homeowners trapped in houses that no longer fit. Move, and you lost the low tax rate you spent 20 or 30 years building. Proposition 19 changed that, and it can save you thousands of dollars every year, if you know how to use it. Get it wrong, and it can cost your family just as much.
If you are 55 or older, you will learn how to carry your low tax base to a new home anywhere in California, even a pricier one, and keep paying taxes on your old low value instead of today's market price. If you are leaving property to your children or expecting to inherit, you will learn exactly what still passes down at the low rate, what now gets reassessed to full market value, and how to beat the one-year deadline that quietly wipes out the benefit for unprepared heirs.
Written by Bart Hubbard, a California Real Estate Associate (DRE #01815497) with HomeSmart ICARE Realty and a C.A.R. Certified Probate and Trust Specialist, this book comes from someone who guides families and estate representatives through these exact decisions. He brings the patience, precision, and clarity these sensitive, high-stakes moves demand.
Keep your low property-tax rate when you sell and move, and save thousands every year
Buy a more expensive home without losing most of your tax savings
Protect an inherited family home from a crippling reassessment to market value
Sidestep the trust, sibling-buyout, and LLC mistakes that trigger a surprise tax bill
Stop letting an old fear, or a misunderstood law, cost you money. Get your copy, protect the low tax rate you have earned, and make your next move on your terms.


Bart Hubbard / Real Estate Associate at HomeSmart ICARE Realty | DRE #01815497
1891 E Roseville Pkwy #180 • Roseville, CA 95661 • Phone: 916.993.8680
Copyright 2026
Nothing on this page is legal or tax advice. Procedures and dollar thresholds change, and every estate is different. Please confirm the specifics of your situation with a licensed California attorney.