It's somewhat of a mixed bag around here. Our property taxes here tend to be quite high (in terms of cost per $1000 of assessed value) but often the biggest issue we face is official valuations that are "manipulated up" because of budget shortfalls, so they can collect more. We'd be hard pressed to sell our house for its current assessed value.

Washington state also doesn't have a "homestead exemption" like I had when we lived in Texas... which adds to the cost.