Harris County Appraisal District (HCAD) operates a multi-tiered valuation system that violates the Texas Constitution. The cornerstone of Texas’ Constitution regarding taxation is “Taxation shall be equal and uniform”. However, Harris County … Read more

Real estate owners who are seeking reductions on their property taxes may miss the scheduled hearing for one reason or another. Many times, if you know that you will not be able … Read more

Appraisal districts use a process called mass appraisal to value hundreds of thousands of houses. In Harris County, they value about 1.2 million houses each year, using a very limited staff. Most … Read more

In the most basic of terms, homestead exemption laws exist to protect someone’s primary residence from being sold in order to pay off unsecured creditors. These types of laws exist in many … Read more

Just like everything else in the Lone Star State, property taxes tend to be a bit bigger in Texas. There’s also a lot of confusion about how the property tax system works. … Read more

As a property owner in Houston, there will definitely come a point when you will require the services of a property tax consultant to help you evaluate your property tax bill. According … Read more

Harris County Appraisal District (HCAD) has consistently over-taxed primarily African-American and other low-income areas of Harris County. Historically, most of the home owners have seldom protested their property taxes. Compounding the problem, … Read more

(Why over 200,000 Harris County home owners are over-taxed by more than 10% and 30,000 are over-taxed by 50%) Appraisal districts use a process called mass appraisal to value hundreds of thousands … Read more

Property taxes in Texas are at some of the highest rates in the nation. Texas ranks third with a property tax rate of 1.81%. This means, among other things, that property tax … Read more

Have you been waiting to get the hearing notice for your property tax protest and not received it until now? Unfortunately, this tends to be a common problem. The best thing to … Read more