I've only been in my house long enough to make three property tax payments, but I remember it was something like this...
2004: $2356
2005: $2550
2006: $2800
I'm in Glenn Dale, Maryland, DC suburbs. 90 year old house, assessed at 1106 square feet, with 4.28 acres. They recently downzoned our end of the street, so I don't know if that will have an effect on property taxes. Prior to the downzoning, our community was zoned Rural-Residential, which meant density of up to two houses per acres. Then they came through and spot-zoned us, and I got re-zoned "Residential-Agricultural", or one house per two acres. I don't care about it right now, because I'm not moving anytime soon. But I might be pissed further down the road.
As for homeowner's insurance, I think it actually came down a bit. I can't remember what I paid in late 2004, but in late 2005 I paid $795, and I think it was down a bit to around $750 when the bill came up again this past November.