After a decade of skyrocketing property taxes in much of Texas, both Gov. Greg Abbott and Democrat Beto O’Rourke are making big promises to cut tax bills if they win in November.

The Texas real estate market is red hot, and your recent property appraisal likely reflects that. The average selling price of a home in Texas in 2021 was up 18%, and substantially higher in some areas. Property taxes in Texas are high enough, and the prospect of an 18% or more jump in that tax…

The Texas real estate market is red hot, and your recent property appraisal likely reflects that. The average selling price of a home in Texas in 2021 was up 18%, and substantially higher in some areas. Property taxes in Texas are high enough, and the prospect of an 18% or more jump in that tax…

Judging from their tightly regulated timetable, property appraisal review board members are about halfway through meetings with homeowners and others disputing local appraisal notices mailed out this spring. 

The Texas real estate market is red hot, and your recent property appraisal likely reflects that. The average selling price of a home in Texas in 2021 was up 18%, and substantially higher in some areas. Property taxes in Texas are high enough, and the prospect of an 18% or more jump in that tax…