Bexar County Appraisal District
Local Appraisal District
Property Tax Protection Program™
County: Bexar
Street Address: 411 N. Frio St. San Antonio, TX 78207-4416
Mailing Address: P.O Box 830248 San Antonio, TX 78283-0248
Phone: 210-224-8511
Website: www.bcad.org
Major Cities: Alamo Heights, Balcones Heights, China Grove, Converse, Fair Oaks Ranch, Helotes, Hollywood Park, Kirby, Leon Valley, Live Oak, Olmos Park, San Antonio, Shavano Park, Somerset, St. Hedwig, Terrell Hills, Von Ormy, Windcrest
Bexar County Texas totals 1,258 square miles, with a 2019 population of about 2,003,554. Adjacent counties include Kendall, Comal, Guadalupe, Wilson, Atascosa, Medina, and Bandera. The total market value of real property and personal property in Bexar County in 2018 was $368,000,000. Bexar County 2018 property taxes are estimated to total $4 billion, based on an effective tax rate of 2.4% including homestead exemptions. Bexar County property owners protested the noticed value for 68,080 houses and 40,040 commercial and BPP properties. Bexar County Appraisal review Board appeals were successful for 73% of the owners. Property owner property tax protests in Bexar County results in savings of $1,866,930 million in 2018, or $17 per account protested. The 2018 budget for the Bexar Appraisal District was $18,660,000, including 157 employees.
2018
2018 County Appraisal District Statistics
2017
2017 County Appraisal District Statistics
2016
2016 County Appraisal District Statistics
10 Year Trend
| Tax Year | Residential Property Valuations | % Change from prior year | Residential Valuations | CPI Annual Change | CPI |
| 2008 | 60,503,328,673 | ||||
| 2009 | 57,367,810,089 | -5.18% | -5.2% | 2.70% | 2.7% |
| 2010 | 61,736,939,233 | 7.62% | 2.0% | 1.50% | 4.3% |
| 2011 | 63,150,552,020 | 2.29% | 4.4% | 3.00% | 7.4% |
| 2012 | 69,783,507,236 | 10.50% | 15.3% | 1.70% | 9.2% |
| 2013 | 66,863,170,115 | -4.18% | 10.5% | 1.50% | 10.9% |
| 2014 | 71,773,883,542 | 7.34% | 18.6% | 0.80% | 11.7% |
| 2015 | 79,132,669,344 | 10.25% | 30.8% | 0.70% | 12.5% |
| 2016 | 85,467,439,936 | 8.01% | 41.3% | 2.10% | 14.8% |
| 2017 | 90,392,573,587 | 5.76% | 49.4% | 2.10% | 17.3% |
| 2018 | 97,561,981,233 | 7.93% | 61.3% | 1.90% | 19.5% |
| Tax Year | Commercial Property Valuations | % Change from prior year | Commercial Valuations | CPI Annual Change | CPI |
| 2008 | 30,319,136,579 | ||||
| 2009 | 22,121,301,682 | -27.04% | -27.0% | 2.70% | 2.7% |
| 2010 | 29,990,575,372 | 35.57% | -1.1% | 1.50% | 4.3% |
| 2011 | 30,136,683,275 | 0.49% | -0.6% | 3.00% | 7.4% |
| 2012 | 1,623,587,575 | -94.61% | -94.6% | 1.70% | 9.2% |
| 2013 | 34,488,996,119 | 2024.25% | 13.8% | 1.50% | 10.9% |
| 2014 | 37,138,236,464 | 7.68% | 22.5% | 0.80% | 11.7% |
| 2015 | 45,946,388,245 | 23.72% | 51.5% | 0.70% | 12.5% |
| 2016 | 51,877,504,587 | 12.91% | 71.1% | 2.10% | 14.8% |
| 2017 | 56,213,838,641 | 8.36% | 85.4% | 2.10% | 17.3% |
| 2018 | 59,427,807,718 | 5.72% | 96.0% | 1.90% | 19.5% |
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Bexar County Property Tax Appraisal
O’Connor is the leading representative for the Bexar County Appraisal District property owners because:
- For over 20 years, O’Connor has provided property tax consulting services in the Bexar County Appraisal District and has continuously produced results.
- O’Connor is the most aggressive property tax consultant.
- We know the processes and appropriate contacts at Bexar County Appraisal District.
- Our experience has allowed us to compile sales and unequal appraisal data consistent with the format expected by the Bexar County Appraisal District and the Bexar County Appraisal Review Board.
Why choose O’Connor?
- We do not charge any fees for market value reductions, unless we reduce your property taxes.
- We take the fight to the Bexar County Appraisal District for you every year, whether your value is up, down or does not change.
- We are the nation’s largest property tax consulting firm.
- For the 2015 tax year, the firm lowered assessed value by more than $1.8 billion, resulting in estimated tax savings of around $49 million* on behalf of its residential and commercial clients. Already increasing in 2016, the firm has filed more than $2.2 billion and 185,000+ protests of assessed value, reducing client taxes by $60 million*.
*Based on average tax rate of 2.7 percent.
Alamo Heights, Balcones Heights, China Grove, Converse, Fair Oaks Ranch, Helotes, Hollywood Park, Kirby, Leon Valley, Live Oak, Olmos Park, San Antonio, Shavano Park, Somerset, St. Hedwig, Terrell Hills, Von Ormy, Windcrest homeowners, commercial property owners and business owners hire O’Connor for property tax appeals because of our consistent results and aggressive attitude. Our property tax consultants have the experience in the Bexar County Appraisal District to reduce Alamo Heights, Balcones Heights, China Grove, Converse, Fair Oaks Ranch, Helotes, Hollywood Park, Kirby, Leon Valley, Live Oak, Olmos Park, San Antonio, Shavano Park, Somerset, St. Hedwig, Terrell Hills, Von Ormy, Windcrest property tax assessments.
O’Connor is uniquely aggressive and effective in reducing property taxes by:
- Being an effective taxpayer advocate for change, including introducing unequal appraisal and forcing appraisal districts to provide hearing evidence packages when requested by taxpayers.
- Achieving almost double the amount of tax savings compared to other commercial property tax consultants.
- Protesting every property, every year.
- Preparing for informal and formal hearings at an elite level.
- Aggressively seeking settlements at the informal hearing process.
- Aggressively attending and presenting evidence at appraisal review board (ARB) hearings (attending more ARB hearings than the next 10 largest firms combined).
- Uniquely continuing the appeal process beyond the ARB and assertively coordinating lawsuits for property owners.
- Pioneering the use of binding arbitration to achieve equitable results for owners of homes and small commercial properties not able to pursue a judicial appeal.
- Providing contingency fee services to clients regardless of property value as part of our mission to help property owners.
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