#texas appraisal district

[oconnor2023]

Did you know?

According to a survey, 97% of Texans support public oversight of appraisal districts! Texans overwhelmingly believe public oversight of appraisal districts is warranted. They were not aware the current appraisal district board of directors is comprised only of representatives of tax entities (school, city, county, etc.). Click here to learn about Texas Appraisal District Board of directors https://www.poconnor.com/survey-says-97-of-texans-want-public-oversight-of-appraisal-districts/

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Navigating Property Valuations: Unveiling the Role of Midland Appraisal District and Texas Appraisal District

Introduction

Property valuation forms the bedrock of real estate transactions and taxation. In Texas, the Midland Appraisal District and the broader Texas Appraisal Districts play a pivotal role in this process. Let's delve into their significance and explore how property owners can navigate this landscape.

Understanding the Midland Appraisal District

The Midland Appraisal District holds the responsibility of determining the appraised value of properties within its jurisdiction. From residential homes to commercial establishments, this district assesses properties' values to ensure fair taxation and equitable distribution of local resources. Property owners in Midland County rely on this district for accurate valuation information.

The Landscape of Texas Appraisal Districts

The Midland Appraisal District operates within the framework of Texas Appraisal Districts, a network that encompasses the entire state. These districts work collaboratively to provide property owners with reliable valuations that serve as the basis for property tax assessments. The Texas Appraisal Districts collectively contribute to maintaining transparency and equity in property taxation.

Property Valuations: A Complex Endeavor

Property valuation is a multifaceted process that considers various factors, including property type, location, market trends, and more. The Midland Appraisal District and other Texas Appraisal Districts employ a combination of data analysis, market research, and assessment models to arrive at accurate property valuations.

Requesting Appraisals: A Strategic Move

Property owners seeking accurate valuations can actively engage with the process by requesting appraisals. The provided URL (http://www.acrosstexasappraisals.com/request-appraisal.html) enables property owners to initiate this process, allowing them to gain insights into their property's value and contributing factors.

Navigating the Process

For property owners in Midland and across Texas, understanding the valuation process can empower informed decision-making. By partnering with the Midland Appraisal District and utilizing the resources of Texas Appraisal Districts, property owners can gain clarity on their property's worth, property taxes, and contribute to the overall integrity of the local tax system.

Conclusion

The Midland Appraisal District and Texas Appraisal Districts stand as integral components of property valuation in Texas. Their role goes beyond tax assessments; they contribute to the foundation of real estate transactions and the equitable distribution of resources. Engaging with these districts, understanding property valuations, and requesting appraisals are strategic moves that empower property owners to make informed decisions in the dynamic real estate landscape.

Explore Valuation Insights To gain valuable insights into property valuations and make informed decisions, property owners can explore the resources offered by the Midland Appraisal District and the wider network of Texas Appraisal Districts. Discover more about this process by visiting www.acrosstexasappraisals.com and tapping into a wealth of property valuation knowledge.

[scum-belina]

My mom just casually admitted we might lose the little lot next to our house. It has our little shed on it where we store things. It's a tiny lot and this year our appraisal district made it cost over $2,000. Last year it didn't even cost over $200. We can't protest it or work with them over it because the lots are in my dad's name, and we can't even afford an estate attorney to get our own property in our names. My mom has tried and they're like "we cannot speak to you, only your husband" and when she tells them he's dead they're like "rules are rules we cannot speak with you about property matters.

They need to switch around the vowels in "Texas".

[macwantspeace]

Oh, my. Fanning my face. The comments on this contain a bloody hate fest. No, folks. It's simple. And I may borrow a phrase or two from Stonekettle. There will be no Unicorn. Suddenly I find another election to go to. Really. Surprised. We had primaries. We got run-offs. Texas legislature created a new job. Bexar County Appraisal District Director. Three of 'em. I had to look it up. Local news had profiles. This guy is endorsed by Heritage Foundation [nope]. This one ran for council as a republican [nope]. But one guy helped promote Stinson Airfield on the south side. Good on him. I don't know these people. All the little bits matter. Those guys get to influence the bigger bits. I will stroll on over across Wonder Parkway to vote again on May 4.

Me: In November, either Trump or Biden will win. There is no third outcome, so we should vote accordingly for the option that will mitigate the most harm.

The people in my notes: Oh, so you think direct action is bad? You think voting is literally the only thing we can do? You hate activism? You love Biden and endorse everything he does and think nobody should criticize him ever? You think voting will just magically solve all our problems? You think protesting is wrong? You love the status quo and think everything is fine?

[alitonfinancetexas]

The Secrets to Stress-Free Home Buying

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1. Get Pre-Approved

The first step in buying a home isn’t finding a real estate agent; it’s getting pre-approved for a mortgage. Before you start searching for homes in Texas, you need to understand your budget—this includes the purchase price, down payment, monthly payments, and interest rates. A home loan advisor will review your financial details, such as income, credit score, and assets, to determine how much mortgage you can afford. This step is crucial in competitive markets, as a pre-approval not only confirms your price range but also strengthens your offer when you find your dream home.

2. Make a Priority List

Once you know your budget, make a list of your home-buying priorities. Consider factors like the neighborhood, school district, proximity to amenities, home size, number of bedrooms, and the condition of the property (turnkey or fixer-upper). By having a clear list, you can stay focused when browsing through listings, ensuring you don’t get sidetracked by homes that don’t meet your needs.

3. Connect with a Real Estate Agent

Partnering with a reliable real estate agent is a critical step in the home-buying process. Agents have access to more property listings than what’s publicly available, and they can arrange viewings, negotiate on your behalf, and handle all the legal paperwork. While it’s possible to buy a home without an agent, having a professional by your side can make the process smoother and ensure you get the best advice that aligns with your budget and preferences.

4. Present a Pre-Approval Letter

When you find the perfect home, you need to act fast! Strengthen your offer by presenting a pre-approval letter. Your agent will submit your offer to the seller, who may accept, reject, or counter it. Negotiations are common until both parties agree on the price, terms, and conditions. Typically, your offer will be contingent on a home inspection, and your agent may recommend a trusted inspector. Be ready to pay an earnest money deposit once your offer is accepted. The remainder of the down payment and closing costs will be due before closing.

5. The Mortgage Loan Process

If you’ve already been pre-approved, your application will be updated with the property details as part of the documentation process. If you haven’t been pre-approved, now is the time to apply for a mortgage. Your loan advisor will provide you with a list of options based on your financial situation and loan program preferences. Together, you’ll choose the best home loan option, and your application will be submitted for final approval.

6. Meet Loan Conditions

Before closing, your loan underwriter will outline specific conditions that must be met. These may include providing a home appraisal, a pest inspection, proof of mortgage insurance, a clear title report, additional income verification, and employment confirmation. Your loan advisor will guide you through meeting these requirements so you can get your final loan documents and move toward closing day.

7. Sign the Final Documents

Once all the loan conditions are met, your loan documents will be ordered, reviewed, and sent to your escrow officer. They will schedule a signing appointment, where you’ll review and sign the final loan terms. After your signature is processed, the loan will be funded, and the proceeds will be transferred to the seller. Congratulations—at this point, the home is officially yours! All the paperwork and waiting will be worth it as you step into your new home.

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[dankusner]

Ignoring appraisal letters could prove costly

Some people get mail from a company that offers to place a homestead exemption on their primary property to save tax money.

I’ve warned to avoid companies in the past that charge for this free service.

This year, thousands of Texans are getting letters from their appraisal district warning they could lose their homestead exemption because their Texas driver’s license or state ID card doesn’t match the address on their primary property.

This is no scam.

A homestead exemption is a huge tax break designed to lower the taxable value of a property.

Most will never get the letter, but those whose address on a driver’s license or state ID card doesn’t match their primary appraised property eventually will.

The Watchdog worries that receivers of these notes won’t pay attention.

Under a new state law, every one of the state’s appraisal districts must audit its homestead discounts.

Letters get mailed out, and if the ID doesn’t match the property address, recipients must mail in a copy of their ID.

If they don’t and lose their exemptions, their property taxes will jump by hundreds and even thousands of dollars.

I worry that low-income neighborhoods will feel the brunt of this new law.

The letters are written in legal language.

Plus, I am upset that the letters are not going out in Spanish or Vietnamese, only English.

“There’s going to be collateral damage,” property tax consultant Glenn Goodrich says.

Are you affected?

If the address on your driver’s license or state ID doesn’t match your primary address for tax appraisal purposes, you need to update your card if it has expired.

I’m sure some people are confused.

These letters are new under a 2023 state law.

If you’re not sure of your status, check your account on your appraisal district’s website.

Or call the district.

What amazes me is how much money some people who don’t take this seriously are going to lose.

For instance, they’ll lose the massive discount on the school property tax that raised the exemption last year from $40,000 to $100,000.

Losing $100,000 off your taxable value is a huge hit.

Seniors and the disabled could lose their discount and, worse, their frozen taxes.

And some, like Dallas ISD taxpayers, would lose the extra 20% they are able to deduct from their value now.

If someone ignores these letters, under law, they can come back and get a refund for overpaying for the past two years.

But who wants that hassle?

Every appraisal district can do this differently.

In Tarrant County, the warning letters went out earlier this year.

In Dallas, some owners told me they received the letters a few weeks ago.

The goal of this new auditing system is to find fraud.

It’s estimated the state could recoup billions of dollars in lost tax revenue because of those who don’t pay their fair share.

Another estimate is that only 1% of exemption claimers face this.

But that’s a lot when you count the number of property owners.

If you get one of these letters, it’s a request of proof and an invitation to reapply for your exemption.

This is a huge change from the previous practice where you filed for your homestead exemption once and that was that.

Now appraisal districts are doing these audits or hiring outside companies.

Every property should be audited at least once every five years under the new law.

In Tarrant County, 14,000 warning letters were mailed and 7,500 have responded so far.

The bad news is that 2,200 have not responded at all and are in danger of cancellation, Chief Appraiser Joe Don Bobbitt told The Watchdog.

In Dallas, there are 580,000 exemptions with about 19,000 owners who were red-flagged this year so far in the most recent audit.

That’s the highest number of reapply letters sent out by the Dallas Central Appraisal District since 2021.

The Dallas Central Appraisal District uses various techniques to check for matching addresses.

They include death records and websites like Lexis-Nexis and PublicData.com.

https://login.publicdata.com

Undeliverable mail without a forwarding notice also gets red-flagged.

Those targeted get several warning letters.

State Sen. Paul Bettencourt, R-Houston, who wrote most of the new tax law, told me the law is a one-page “concept bill” whose specific details will be ironed out in the 2025 Texas Legislature.

He called the prevention of fraud “a worthy goal.”

One more worry.

As NBC5 investigative reporter Scott Friedman reported recently, the wait for an appointment for a driver’s license at Department of Public

Safety offices is ridiculously long.

[p-oconnor]

ARB Budget for Harris Central Appraisal District

The Harris County Appraisal District's annual budget, along with the budget for the Appraisal Review Board (ARB), is outlined below. Texas appraisal district budgets are substantial, as these public servants are funded by public money. To read more, visit https://harriscountypropertytaxtrends.com/operations-and-budgets/?utm_source=101county&utm_medium=Offpage&utm_campaign=Aug&utm_id=Dk2679

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Disaster Exemption

Harris County Appraisal District Tomorrow 9-3-2024 The Last Day If your property was damaged during the April or May storms, there is a temporary disaster exemption available that could reduce your 2024 taxes. The Texas Tax Code allows a qualified property that is at least 15% damaged in a governor-declared disaster area to receive a temporary exemption of a portion of the appraised value of…

[oconnor2023]

Brazoria County Judicial Appeals of ARB Hearing

Judicial appeals at Brazoria County and other Texas appraisal districts provide a fresh chance to energize the property tax appeal process. To learn more on Brazoria County Judicial Appeals of ARB Hearing, visit https://brazoriacountypropertytaxtrends.com/judicial-appeals/

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📊 Fact #1: Mass Appraisal Is Often Inaccurate

The tax authorities set your home’s property taxes using a Mass Appraisal system, which is not always accurate. In a Mass Appraisal, the appraisal district classifies properties using factors such as size, use, construction type, age, and location.

They use data from recent property sales to appraise the value of typical properties in each class. Their goal is to get the highest value and highest taxes from your home. Many homes are taxed on inaccurate data or hurt by comparison.

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[jordanbrandtre]

3 weeks ago I wrapped up my arbitration case with the Tarrant County Appraisal District.

I was able to reduce the appraised value of my home compared to the original 2023 valuation by $50,000.

Today, I protested the 2024 appraised value, and got my valuation reduced by $57,000 with no arbitration necessary.

I did this using recently sold Real Estate sales records (aka "Comps") which helped me contest the Appraisers evaluation of my property.

So, if you'd like a list of Comps that have recently sold in your area, that might help you protest your taxes, click the link below and follow these steps:

1) Enter your property address

2) Enter your email address

3) Choose the the option "Just Curious" from the drop down menu

4) Click "View my report"

You will receive an Approximate Home Value Estimate instantly. However, I will personally email you the Comps you need to help you protest your taxes, 100% free with no obligation.

Here is the link

https://JordanBrandt.15SecondHomeValues.com

Questions? Call me at (817)592-8090

Jordan Brandt

Real Estate Broker | Realtor

Spring House Realty Texas

MVP Realty Florida

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[macwantspeace]

"All hail Dear Leader!" Just to make it clear, for the dozenth time this year, he says all effort is for the former guy. “Everything that we do in the House of Representatives should be in the best interests of getting Donald Trump re-elected.” Later in the article: The comments led Democratic Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr. to respond online soon after, “Elected Republicans think their #1 job in office is helping Donald Trump. Not aiding the people, not protecting America, serving Trump. The Republican Party is unfit to govern America and doesn’t give a damn about you.” I just noticed that Saturday, May 4, is another election in San Antonio. We had March, and April run-offs. This is for a brand new office. I had to look it up. Director of Appraisal District. Somehow it's three directors. I found a local news site that described the candidates. One was endorsed by Heritage Foundation [nope]. One ran as a republican for council [nope]. Other choice was harder. But the one I picked boosted Stinson Airport on the south side. That's local private traffic. So, I start to say slowly, I will march on over to vote. And every chance I will go vote. Because those "lower" jobs get involved in doing the bigger business. And as Rep Nehls makes clear, "they don't give a damn about you."

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[dankusner]

Texas appraisal — 2 homesteads

Texas Supreme Court sides with vet in fight with Bexar Appraisal

The Texas Supreme Court denied the Bexar County Appraisal District’s appeal of a 4th Court of Appeals ruling granting a full property tax exemption to an Air Force veteran who lives in Converse.

The Texas Supreme Court has sided with a fully disabled Air Force veteran who has been waging a more than three-year legal battle with the Bexar Appraisal District to receive a full exemption on her property taxes.

In a 7-2 ruling Friday, the state’s high court upheld a 4th Court of Appeals ruling in finding that Yvondia Johnson is entitled to claim the exemption on the house she occupies in Converse.

The county agency had argued that Johnson should not be allowed to claim the exemption because her estranged husband, Gregory Johnson, also a fully disabled veteran, already qualified for an exemption on his San Antonio home where he lives separately.

“The court of appeals refused to engraft a one-per-married-couple limitation” onto the 2009 law that created a residence homestead tax exemption for veterans who are 100% disabled, Justice Rebeca Aizpuru Huddle said in authoring the majority opinion.

“It concluded that the Tax Code bestows the exemption on each individual 100% disabled veteran who meets (a section of the code’s) express statutory requirements without regard to whether the veteran’s spouse also claims the exemption on a separate residence homestead,” the ruling added.

The district had argued that the tax code precludes duplicate exemptions for married couples for the same residence homestead and for more than one residence homestead in the same year.

Yvondia Johnson had countered that she and her husband each qualify for the full exemption because they each receive 100% disability compensation due to a service-connected disability.

Justice Evan Young issued the dissenting opinion, joined by Justice Jimmy Blacklock.

“For the first time in Texas history, the Court departs from the deeply embedded legal principle that ‘there cannot be one homestead for the wife and another for the husband, for the law protects but one to the entire family,’ ” Young wrote in citing a court ruling from more than 125 years ago.

In a statement, the appraisal district said it plans to implement the court’s majority opinion.

“We will create appropriate policies and procedures that are consistent with the opinion,” it said.

“The District is committed to continuing to administer the law equally and to educate all citizens of the benefits that are available to them.”

John Brusniak, a lawyer for Yvondia Johnson, said in an email he was pleased the Supreme Court affirmed the appeals court’s finding that the constitutional amendment granting 100% homestead exemptions to totally disabled veterans applied to all totally disabled veterans.

“These veterans sacrificed the functioning of their bodies for our country,” Brusniak said. “This is a victory for all our troops.”

Separation

The Johnsons had lived together in the San Antonio house they jointly owed.

In 2012, Gregory Johnson applied for a complete exemption from property taxes based on being fully disabled.

The two subsequently bought the Converse house and later separated.

Yvondia Johnson applied for the tax exemption on the Converse house in 2020, but the appraisal district denied the request because her spouse already claimed the exemption on the San Antonio house.

Yvondia Johnson filed an unsuccessful protest with the Appraisal Review Board, which consists of residents appointed by the local administrative judge for Bexar County.

The board is independent of the district.

She then sued the appraisal district in 2021 in state District Court in San Antonio.

Later that year, retired state District Judge granted the district’s motion for summary judgment while denying Yvondia Johnson’s motion.

She appealed to the 4th Court of Appeals, which reversed Gabriel’s ruling in 2022.

A three-judge panel found there was no evidence to show that she received an exemption on the San Antonio house that her estranged husband occupies.

The district appealed that ruling to the Supreme Court, which heard arguments from both sides in January.

Opening the ‘floodgates’

In its brief to the Supreme Court, the district argued that the issue would have “significant implications” if the appeals court ruling was affirmed.

“Unless this opinion is corrected, married taxpayers who own more than one property likely will cite the reasoning of the court of appeals here to seek two residence homestead exemptions,” the district said.

But during oral arguments, a lawyer for Yvondia Johnson disputed that it would become a problem.

“In order for these floodgates to open, you have to have two spouses that agree to live apart in two different homes that they own solely for the purpose to game the system — to gain a tax exemption on two homes,” attorney J. Benjamin Aguiñaga said.

He has since become Louisiana’s solicitor general.

The majority of the justices agreed, calling the district’s concerns “unfounded.”

“A taxpayer seeking an exemption must still establish — as the appraisal district concedes Ms. Johnson has here — that the home for which she seeks the exemption is her ‘principal residence,’ ” the ruling said. “It goes without saying that one cannot have more than one principal residence.”

[p-oconnor]

ARB Budget for Collin Central Appraisal District

The annual budget for the Collin Central Appraisal District, including the Appraisal Review Board (ARB), is outlined below. Texas appraisal district budgets are considerable, with public servants funded by taxpayer money. To read more, visit https://collincountypropertytaxtrends.com/operations-and-budgets/?utm_source=101county&utm_medium=Offpage&utm_campaign=Aug&utm_id=Dk2679