O’Connor and Associates has long been addressing the issue of grossly biased appraisal review boards. The problem stems from the perception of appraisal review board members that since they are paid by … Read more

The Texas property tax code is favorable to property owners. Unfortunately, appraisal districts and appraisal review boards often choose to ignore these sections of the Texas property tax code that are friendly … Read more

Harris County appraisal District assessed Greenway Plaza at approximately 53 percent of its market value in 2013 as a basis of an informal settlement. Greenway Plaza had a least the sales price … Read more

The legislature checking the process for choosing appraisal review board members in Pierce County and Fort Bend County in 2009. Instead of having the appraisal district Board of Directors selected the appraisal … Read more

Harris County appraisal District has historically excessively valued low income homes. For the purposes of this analysis, low income properties are those with a market value of less than $100,000. A good … Read more

Changes made by the 2013 Texas legislature provides that appraisal review board members can be fired based on clear and convincing evidence of repeated bias were misconduct. This is an excellent change … Read more

Harris County appraisal District for at least eight years has been presenting evidence regarding unequal appraisal for commercial properties that we strongly believe is generated with the intention of reaching a predetermined … Read more

Requiring the Texas Comptroller to annually issue a report card for each appraisal review board is considered an excellent change. Human nature is such that people want to be well regarded both … Read more

Requiring the appraisal review board members to take a class annually is an excellent idea. The Texas Tax Code is quite friendly to Texas taxpayers. The problem is that appraisal districts and … Read more

The Tax Code has required that appraisal review board members swear an oath to God to follow the Tax Code. Nonetheless, the reality is that the appraisal districts pay the appraisal review … Read more