A ‘property-tax revolt’ is underway across the U.S. Here’s what’s driving it.

Property taxes are intensely local, but the concern about their sharp upward trajectory in recent years has gone national — and new data shows why. More than 72% of metropolitan areas with at least 200,000 residents saw above-average increases in property-tax bills last year, according to Attom, a property-data and real-estate analytics firm..