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Harris County Appraisal District
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County: Harris
Street Address: 13013 Northwest Frwy. Houston, TX 77040-6305
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 920975 Houston, TX 77292-0975
Phone: 713-812-5800
Website: www.hcad.org
Major Cities:  Atascocita, Barrett, Baytown, Bellaire, Bunker Hill Village, Channelview, Cloverleaf, Crosby, Deer Park, El Lago, Friendswood, Galena Park, Hedwig Village, Highlands, Hilshire Village, Houston, Humble, Hunters Creek Village, Jacinto City, Jersey Village, Katy, Klein, La Porte, League City, Missouri City, Morgan’s Point, Nassau Bay, Pasadena, Pearland, Piney Point Village, Seabrook, Sheldon, Shoreacres, South Houston, Southside Place, Spring, Spring Valley, Stafford, Taylor Lake Village, Tomball, Webster, West University Place

2017 County Appraisal District Statistics

Property Tax Protests Market Value Summary
Employee Summary Houses Property Tax Protests
Chief Appraiser Summary Apartments Property Tax Protests
Lawsuits for Property Taxes Commercial Property Tax Protests
Property Valuations Business Personal Property Tax
Governance Industrial Personal Property Tax
Budget Utility Personal Property Tax
Appraiser Summary Salary
GIS / IT Summary

10 Year Trend

Tax Year Residential Property Valuations % Change from prior year Residential Valuations CPI Annual Change CPI
2008 161,273,142,360
2009 162,291,441,260 0.63% 0.6% 2.70% 2.7%
2010 162,664,264,328 0.23% 0.9% 1.50% 4.3%
2011 163,815,137,921 0.71% 1.6% 3.00% 7.4%
2012 163,778,022,860 -0.02% 1.6% 1.70% 9.2%
2013 171,221,775,675 4.55% 6.2% 1.50% 10.9%
2014 190,799,330,916 11.43% 18.3% 0.80% 11.7%
2015 216,615,900,330 13.53% 34.3% 0.70% 12.5%
2016 236,368,594,115 9.12% 46.6% 2.10% 14.8%
2017 251,386,045,898 6.35% 55.9% 2.10% 17.3%
2018 257,108,125,122 2.28% 59.4% 1.90% 19.5%

Tax Year Commercial Property Valuations % Change from prior year Commercial Valuations CPI Annual Change CPI
2008 131,461,867,508
2009 105,672,837,795 -19.62% -19.6% 2.70% 2.7%
2010 97,193,609,886 -8.02% -26.1% 1.50% 4.3%
2011 100,591,560,106 3.50% -23.5% 3.00% 7.4%
2012 108,404,489,238 7.77% -17.5% 1.70% 9.2%
2013 149,365,592,705 37.79% 13.6% 1.50% 10.9%
2014 134,787,936,493 -9.76% 2.5%% 0.80% 11.7%
2015 150,068,123,674 11.34% 14.2% 0.70% 12.5%
2016 166,522,921,398 10.96% 26.7% 2.10% 14.8%
2017 175,768,232,396 5.55% 33.7% 2.10% 17.3%
2018 184,910,364,913 5.20% 40.7% 1.90% 19.5%


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Harris County Property Tax Appraisal

O’Connor is the leading representative for the Harris County Appraisal District property owners because:

  • For over 20 years, O’Connor has provided property tax consulting services in the Harris 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 Harris County Appraisal District.
  • Our experience has allowed us to compile sales and unequal appraisal data consistent with the format expected by the Harris County Appraisal District and the Harris 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 Harris 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.

Atascocita, Barrett, Baytown, Bellaire, Bunker Hill Village, Channelview, Cloverleaf, Crosby, Deer Park, El Lago, Friendswood, Galena Park, Hedwig Village, Highlands, Hilshire Village, Houston, Humble, Hunters Creek Village, Jacinto City, Jersey Village, Katy, Klein, La Porte, League City, Missouri City, Morgan’s Point, Nassau Bay, Pasadena, Pearland, Piney Point Village, Seabrook, Sheldon, Shoreacres, South Houston, Southside Place, Spring, Spring Valley, Stafford, Taylor Lake Village, Tomball, Webster, West University Place 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 Harris County Appraisal District to reduce Atascocita, Barrett, Baytown, Bellaire, Bunker Hill Village, Channelview, Cloverleaf, Crosby, Deer Park, El Lago, Friendswood, Galena Park, Hedwig Village, Highlands, Hilshire Village, Houston, Humble, Hunters Creek Village, Jacinto City, Jersey Village, Katy, Klein, La Porte, League City, Missouri City, Morgan’s Point, Nassau Bay, Pasadena, Pearland, Piney Point Village, Seabrook, Sheldon, Shoreacres, South Houston, Southside Place, Spring, Spring Valley, Stafford, Taylor Lake Village, Tomball, Webster, West University Place 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.

Research Tip: A great resource to search Harris County commercial property valuations.
They have in depth valuation stats on all commercial properties.

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