I feel it should be made like 1% tax for each tier house, so for T1 it’s max 1%, T4 it should be max 4%. Then they should reduce the coins required for the town maintenance since the tax collected would also be less. This would make owning houses a lot more affordable for poor casual players like me who don’t have that much time to grind/gather/tradeskill every single day (or even weeks sometimes due to life, kids, responsibilities, travel etc.), and don’t like getting left out of the trophy buffs and storage services which all other players get since they are able to play for longer everyday and can afford paying the stupidly high taxes even now.
TL:DR - AGS should try to cater to the casual MMO group as well and reduce the house tax to max 1-4% based on the tier of the house owned. Housing should be very very affordable since it is a major and MUST-have quality of life feature (trophies, fast travel/recall and extra storage) for any kind of gameplay - combat, gathering, tradeskilling, dungeons/expeditions.