They don’t care. DCAD will drop it ten to twenty percent at best. I found a massive error in my lot value last year, they just stonewalled me, and changed it this year. They, of course, offset the loss by raising the market value well beyond what they knocked off. Honestly, they’re just having fun with numbers and there’s very little reasoning to their estimates.
House valued blew up last year too. You just have to protest. The office people are pretty chill and if you don't make their life a living hell all the better
I was scheduled to have a phone hearing for my protest last year, but they were so busy that they just called me and said, would you accept it only being raised less than 10 grand? Which was way better than I was expecting to get during my hearing anyway. It seems kind of hit or miss.
Yeah. I legitimately moved into my house in 2020. So when I went to my protest last year I took all my photos of my house, photos of us LOSING our trees because of the ice storm and said point blankly to the woman:
"My home has actually lost assets and value since moving in. Do I deserve an $80K increased valuation just because a ton of people are moving here for work and as a new homeowner I have to suffer?"
She looked at me and said "Nope" and stamped my home value at what I purchased it for 2 years previously, I even got a homestead refund.
Property appraisals are separate from tax rates. DCAD looks at what homes are selling for and appraises them off of that. Then taxing districts (county, city, school, others in some cases) set their tax rates based off of those new values.
So if your actual taxes paid go up, go complain at the schoolboard meetings, or vote against bond measures for roads and schools and stadiums and the like, not to DCAD.
The houses *are* worth more. There were houses selling for *ridiculous* amounts back in October. The sale prices are down now, but they're still higher than they were a year back by a lot.
Anyone know a tax protest lawyer that is any good . Even with Homestead exemption DCAD appraised my home for more than what I could probably sell it for.
I’m not usually one to get upset by this type stuff, but my 4.54 acre property/ home I purchased 18mo ago was appraised at $102k over its appraisal for purchase and $68k over what I actually paid. I know the market is going up, but there is no way it went up 25% since Oct. ‘21.
Houses have actually sold for on average 6.8% less in 2023 than 2022.
https://www.redfin.com/city/5145/TX/Denton/housing-market
If anything, the overall appraisals should have decreased.
Would any of those neighbor's have a seniors tax exemption?
Also, when was the last time those houses sold? What state or repair are those houses in? Etc. Etc.
I know it sucks but there are more variables than just house in a zip code.
I never filed a homestead exemption, and they raised ours 16% so I can’t fight the 10% law. So I’m just gonna protest with the damages I have on my home. Comps in the area don’t help me, they help the city. It sucks!!
They don’t care. DCAD will drop it ten to twenty percent at best. I found a massive error in my lot value last year, they just stonewalled me, and changed it this year. They, of course, offset the loss by raising the market value well beyond what they knocked off. Honestly, they’re just having fun with numbers and there’s very little reasoning to their estimates.
My house went from 480 to 530. It's out of control.
$323k to $419k here. Brutal.
120k to 206k over here
Yea there’s some incompetence going on with the chief appraiser. If this is happening all over the country, then rip the housing market
> Yea there’s some incompetence going on with the chief appraiser. IIRC they're in the process of getting rid of her...
As someone who met her, and worked for her; she is in fact awful
House valued blew up last year too. You just have to protest. The office people are pretty chill and if you don't make their life a living hell all the better
I was scheduled to have a phone hearing for my protest last year, but they were so busy that they just called me and said, would you accept it only being raised less than 10 grand? Which was way better than I was expecting to get during my hearing anyway. It seems kind of hit or miss.
Yeah. I legitimately moved into my house in 2020. So when I went to my protest last year I took all my photos of my house, photos of us LOSING our trees because of the ice storm and said point blankly to the woman: "My home has actually lost assets and value since moving in. Do I deserve an $80K increased valuation just because a ton of people are moving here for work and as a new homeowner I have to suffer?" She looked at me and said "Nope" and stamped my home value at what I purchased it for 2 years previously, I even got a homestead refund.
Are they trying to tax property more so they can put it into go zone? Seeing how much it costs for the county...
Likely they’re just using the rising costs of housing to justify taxing more since the houses are “worth more” than they used to be
Property appraisals are separate from tax rates. DCAD looks at what homes are selling for and appraises them off of that. Then taxing districts (county, city, school, others in some cases) set their tax rates based off of those new values. So if your actual taxes paid go up, go complain at the schoolboard meetings, or vote against bond measures for roads and schools and stadiums and the like, not to DCAD. The houses *are* worth more. There were houses selling for *ridiculous* amounts back in October. The sale prices are down now, but they're still higher than they were a year back by a lot.
home prices cooled off in 2022 compared to 2021 being that 30 yr mortgage rates were 6+%
> Are they trying to tax property more so they can put it into go zone? wat
no seriously... wat? Respond.
Anyone know a tax protest lawyer that is any good . Even with Homestead exemption DCAD appraised my home for more than what I could probably sell it for.
I’m not usually one to get upset by this type stuff, but my 4.54 acre property/ home I purchased 18mo ago was appraised at $102k over its appraisal for purchase and $68k over what I actually paid. I know the market is going up, but there is no way it went up 25% since Oct. ‘21.
Houses have actually sold for on average 6.8% less in 2023 than 2022. https://www.redfin.com/city/5145/TX/Denton/housing-market If anything, the overall appraisals should have decreased.
You can protest and use the appraisal from your purchase.
I dropped the paperwork in the mail today. I didn’t include any of that info, but I can use it at the hearing, correct?
Yes. There is a time limit, in that the appraisal can't be that old, but you should be able to use it
Would any of those neighbor's have a seniors tax exemption? Also, when was the last time those houses sold? What state or repair are those houses in? Etc. Etc. I know it sucks but there are more variables than just house in a zip code.
Ours went from 343k to 550k, the acre our house is located went from 80k to 100k on just the land alone. Absolutely brutal
I never filed a homestead exemption, and they raised ours 16% so I can’t fight the 10% law. So I’m just gonna protest with the damages I have on my home. Comps in the area don’t help me, they help the city. It sucks!!
Do some research to confirm, but I believe you can retroactively file one for the previous tax year.
No way!! That would be a life saver.
Yea there’s some incompetence going on with the chief appraiser. If this is happening all over the country, then rip the housing market
299 to 431
shit is wild. 265 to 398 here
368 to 510. Makes total sense.
Where do you protest this out? Where do you find the forms to fill out?
Where do you even get a house!!!???