Brazoria County Appraisal District received property tax appeals for a total of 30,370 real property and BPP accounts in 2018 versus 34,070 in 2017. The volume of property tax protests in Brazoria County has been increasing during the last 3 years. The 2018 property tax protest count was 11,080 for commercial / other properties and 18,570 for residential (38.8% commercial and 61.1% houses). The volume of Brazoria County protests for houses has fallen 1.03% in the last two years while the volume of commercial has fallen 1.13%. The total value of Brazoria County property protested in 2018 was $18.16 billion, including $4.57 billion for houses and $3.23 billion for commercial / other. The total value of property appealed in Brazoria County in the last two years rose by 22.2% while statewide appeals rose 30.2%. Brazoria County Appraisal Review Board (ARB) conducted 498 ARB hearings while Brazoria County Appraisal District coordinated 498. The property tax savings were massive, a total of $28,000,000 million for all types of property at both the informal hearings and the formal / ARB hearings (estimate based on no exemptions and 2.7% tax rate.) Informal protests were successful for 85.89% of Brazoria County property owners in 2018 while owners were successful for 46% of ARB appeals.

Brazoria County Appraisal District Property Tax Protest Summary

BrazoriaCAD Tax protests filed for 2018	Number of Protests
Total Number Property Tax Protests	30,367
Number Single Family Property Tax Protests	18,569
Number Multifamily / Apartment Property Tax Protests	327
Number Commercial Property Tax Protests	2,227
Number Business Personal Property Property Tax Protests	870
Number Industrial Real Property Property Tax Protests	86
Number Industrial Personal Property Property Tax Protests	94
Number Utility Property Tax Protests	1,795
Number Oil & Gas Property Tax Protests	159
Number Other Property Tax Protests	6,240

BrazoriaCAD Appraised Value for property tax protests 2018	Appraised Value
Total $ Value Protested	$18,155,148,000
$ Value Single Family (Homes, Condo, Townhome) Protested	$4,567,625,456
$ Value Multifamily/Apartment Protested	$1,379,297,999
$ Value Commercial Real and Personal Protested	$3,231,301,365
$ Value Industrial Real and Personal Protested	$6,913,932,960
$ Value Utilities Protested	$1,282,482,930
$ Value Oil & Gas Protested	$50,715,997
$ Value Other Protested	$729,791,293

BrazoriaCAD 2018 Number of Protest Hearings	No. of Hearings
Appraisal Review Board Protests Scheduled	2,180

BrazoriaCAD total number of concerns, inquiries or protests filed in 2018 resolved through informal processes	No. Informally Resolved
Informal Property Tax Protest Process	28,903
# of Houses Resolved at Informal Protest	17,488
Informal Property Tax Protest with Reduction	24,825

BrazoriaCAD Value reduction resolved though informal process in 2018	Value Reduction
$ Value of Houses Resolved at Informal Protest	342063461
$ Value of Other Accounts Resolved at Informal Protest	8,362

BrazoriaCAD 2018 protests that resulted in an ARB written determination	Written Determinations
# of Appraisal Review Board Property Tax ProtestHearings	498
# of Property Tax Protest Hearings for Houses (ARB)	324
# of Property Tax Protest Hearings for All Other Properties (ARB)	174
# Houses with Reduction at ARB Protest Hearing	168

BrazoriaCAD 2018 protests that resulted in an ARB written determination	$ Reduction
$ Reduction All Properties at ARB Protest Hearing	$16,380,431
$ Reduction Houses at ARB Protest Hearing	$2,533,470
$ Reduction All Other Properties at ARB Protest Hearing	$13,846,961

# of Binding Arbitration Cases Filed

4