The median Montgomery County home tax assessment for 2023 is $335,860 versus a median time adjusted sales price of $321,250. The difference is $14,610 or 4.5% higher. The extra property taxes for the median Montgomery home is estimated at $394, before property tax protests, exemptions and tax rate compression.
Two-thirds of Montgomery County Homes Over-Valued in 2023
2023 is Historic Year for Property Taxes for Texas Homes
Never before since Texas became a state in 1845 have most houses been assessed over market value. Individual tax entities did their own assessments until about 1980 and were substantially below market value. Appraisal districts were introduced in ~1980 to accurately and equitably assess real and personal property. Historically Texas homes were assessed at 93 to 99% of market value. Rarely was the median or typical value for a county in excess of 100%. Never before have most counties valued homes at over 100% of market value. Only 3 of 18 counties have assessed the median home below the median time adjusted sales price, based on a review of sales and tax assessments in each county by O’Connor. Home sales from January 2022 to March 2023 were included and total 13,853 sales.
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The single-family median sale price in Montgomery County peaked at $375,000 in June of 2022, but by January 2023, the median sale price had dropped to $321,250.
Property assessments in Montgomery County were up across the board for all value ranges of residential property, with increases from 12.3% to 14.5%.
Montgomery County single-family assessments increased the most for homeowners in property under 2,000 sq. ft. with an increase of 14.5%.
There is a 12% gap in the change in Montgomery County single-family value appreciation and the increase in Houston area home sales from January 2022 to January 2023.
Residential property owners of homes built since 2001 face the most escalation in assessment value at 15.8%.
Commercial Values Increased Substantially While Commercial Values Tumbled
Commercial property assessed values increased by 14%. However, commercial real estate valued fell by 20 to 30% during the last year due to higher interest rates / cap rates and higher expenses including insurance and property taxes. Apartment taxable values increased by 28.6% versus 36% for the eighteen counties analyzed.
MCAD County Commercial Property 2023 Assessment % Increase by Property Type
Property Type | 2022 Final Market Value | 2023 Notice Market Value | Increase% |
Apartment | $4,502,484,200 | $5,788,291,120 | 28.6% |
Office | $4,033,248,800 | $4,216,730,120 | 4.5% |
Retail | $2,016,829,100 | $2,162,121,770 | 7.2% |
Warehouse | $2,606,139,460 | $2,895,203,330 | 11.1% |
Hotel | $565,346,820 | $588,690,280 | 4.1% |
Total | $13,724,048,380 | $15,651,036,620 | 14.0% |
Commercial Property 2023 Assessment % Increase by Property Type by County
Property Type | ||||||
County | Apartment | Office | Retail | Warehouse | Hotel | Total |
Brazoria | 69% | 44% | 75% | 84% | 43% | 66% |
Bexar | 23% | 14% | 26% | 23% | 17% | 22% |
Collin | 46% | 15% | 25% | 28% | 50% | 32% |
Dallas | 35% | 19% | 14% | 12% | 54% | 27% |
Denton | 63% | 29% | 33% | 103% | 64% | 60% |
El Paso | -7% | 14% | -3% | 11% | -5% | 4% |
Fort Bend | 47% | 33% | 36% | 24% | 19% | 31% |
Galveston | 34 | 5% | 38% | 1% | 21% | |
Hidalgo | 58% | 10% | 18% | 31% | 71% | 25% |
Lubbock | 29% | 14% | 29% | 40% | 26% | 23% |
Montgomery | 28.6% | 4.5% | 7.2% | 11.1% | 4.1% | 14% |
Nueces | 20% | 15% | 14% | 19% | 27% | 19% |
Williamson | 37% | 15% | 22% | 49% | 25% | 27% |
Harris | 25% | 13% | 16% | 24% | 18% | 20% |
Average | 37% | 18% | 26% | 35% | 34% | 29% |
Commercial property owners in Montgomery County with property valued over $5M are forced to confront taxable values spiking by 16.2%
The most significant surge in commercial property assessment is seen in property constructed since 2001.
Montgomery County apartment owners with properties constructed in 2001 and later are walloped with assessed values up 31.4%.
While Montgomery County office property built between 1961 and 1980 saw a minor drop in assessed values, most commercial office property was up in assessed value, with offices built before 1960 having the heftiest growth by 10%.
Retail property owners of buildings in Montgomery County constructed prior to 1960 increased by 8.3%.
Warehouse property shows the most significant ascent for assessment values on property built in 2001 and later.
Modular offices are the sub-type of commercial office property with the largest swell in assessed value at 10.6%
Property owners of apartments with five or more stories claim the title of receiving the highest assessed value increase at 30.7%.
Neighborhood shopping centers saw more than double the jump in assessed value when compared to single-tenant retail commercial property in Montgomery County.
Montgomery mini warehouse owners are receiving assessments up 15% and other warehouse owners are seeing assessments up 9.5%
The property tax protest deadline is May 15th. Unless you protest the “proposed” or “noticed value” will be FINAL. In most years, about two-thirds of protests generate a lower value. The portion of protests that reduce the assessors value is expected to be higher in 2023 because: 1) never before have home values been over-stated across the state and 2) evidence simply will not support the 2023 estimated tax assessments in most cases.
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