I used the same company to fight mine for the past 3 years and the value is down from HCAD's original value (like ~+26%) to like ~8% above last's years.

All while houses in my neighborhood are sitting longer on market and being discounted. Randomly looking on HAR and you'll see "5% reduced" or "10% reduced" whereas before, I don't remember seeing those posted. Houses tended to go pretty quickly.

~egon

Not that this wasn't also the in December, but HCAD values are based on 12/31 so a house having price reductions in June 2025 should no bearing on the value for your 12/31/24 value. It should reflect in your 2025 value though.

Its unbelievable to me how bad and robotic the review boards have become. I sold my condo in July for about 170,000 after it had been listed for basically a whole year with no offers. It was appraised at $177k last year and they had raised it to $197k.

The CAD still has me as the owner so went to the board with the listing, the listing history, closing disclosure documenting the price. They decide its $194,861 based on the lowest adjusted price of the five sales HCAD has. Hearing after hearing the CAD fills their head with phoney baloney rules like "sale dont count after January 30". Its lunacy and ignorance that anyone can believe a sales grid of someones opinion of adjustments with a hazy idea of how these units even are can be viewed as better evidence of market value than the fact that the exact unit we are talking about had been on the market for months as of the assessment date, and finally only sold for 25k less. Infuriating.

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The CAD still has me as the owner so went to the board with the listing

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For the love of the game?

Because I do it for a living, my company is the appointed agent until they change the name, courtesy since the new owner wont have a chance to protest, and its just one more hearing that day.

JJxvi said:

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Because I do it for a living, my company is the appointed agent until they change the name, courtesy since the new owner wont have a chance to protest, and its just one more hearing that day.

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Good on you.

I mean it is a pretty bad decision making system when the judges are 75 year old retirees that sit through 3500 hearings, 8 hours a day over a 4 month period.

They lose sight of their job over thousands of hearings and they already aren't the cream of the crop of analytical thinking. If someone happens to show up that is, they likely end up serving on commercial or complex property boards instead of residential.

Last month we went to arbitration with HCAD and won. So we got the valuation lowered through the normal protest process and then further lowered on arbitration.
Yesterday there is an HCAD car parked on my street woth someone inside. About 30 minutes later I get a Ring notification and he is at my door with a clipboard and a 100ft measuring tape. I ignore snd he leaves, nothing left at the door. Come back home thst afternoon and see the car is back on the street.

Did they happen to draw this on the street in front of your house?

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These CADs and dispute companies are just another economic stimulus package. I would gladly pay a state income tax and walk all this shadiness out the door. The ARBs aren't independent when all they do is disregard your evidence and side with an appraiser. Abbott should crack down on this big time.

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Then you fundamentally dont understand how it works. The State Comptroller runs the CADs. They give each one a property value that they must come within 5% of (or thereabouts), if the CADs dont meet the State number they get audited.

AI Overview:

Texas Central Appraisal Districts (CADs) are primarily regulated by the Texas Property Tax Code and overseen by the Property Tax Assistance Division (PTAD) of the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts. Each CAD is an independent political subdivision of the state.

Key aspects of their regulation and oversight include:
Governing Body: Each appraisal district has a board of directors that is responsible for the district's governance, finances, and policies. The board of directors hires the chief appraiser, who is the chief administrator responsible for daily operations.

State Oversight (Comptroller): The Comptroller's office, specifically the PTAD, is assigned as the governing agency to audit various aspects of the appraisal process and CAD operations.

Property Value Study (PVS): PTAD conducts an independent study for each school district to ensure property values are at or near market value for equitable state funding purposes.

Methods and Assistance Program (MAP) Reviews: PTAD performs regular reviews of all appraisal districts to address governance, taxpayer assistance, operating standards, and appraisal standards.

Guidance and Manuals: The Comptroller's office provides the Appraisal District Director's Manual and other resources to assist board members and staff in administering their duties.

Professional Licensing and Regulation: Property tax professionals, including appraisers and collector staff (with the exception of elected county tax assessor-collectors and their employees), are registered and regulated by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR).

Dispute Resolution: The Appraisal Review Board (ARB), a citizen board appointed by the CAD's board of directors, settles disagreements between property owners and the appraisal district. Decisions by the ARB can be appealed to the district court or through binding arbitration.

PTAD is setting the county value and the CADs have to be damn close to that value.

then they would expect us to pay them the difference if we sold it for more.

Question: I haven't gotten anything in the mail so went snooping on their websites.

My house on the Truth in Taxation for Harris County Property Owners website shows two Summaries:. The "2025 No New Revenue Rate Taxes" total is higher than the "2025 Proposed Tax Rate Taxes" total. The Proposed Tax list has the Harris County Tax listed at $0.00 but the rest of the line items are higher than the No New Revenue list.

So I went to my bill through the Tax Assessor Collector website and the total bill is higher than either of those two!

WTF?????

We have not received our 2025 bill from HCAD. Probably "lost in the mail" but wondering if anyone else has had this delay? Thank you.

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Question: I haven't gotten anything in the mail so went snooping on their websites.

My house on the Truth in Taxation for Harris County Property Owners website shows two Summaries:. The "2025 No New Revenue Rate Taxes" total is higher than the "2025 Proposed Tax Rate Taxes" total. The Proposed Tax list has the Harris County Tax listed at $0.00 but the rest of the line items are higher than the No New Revenue list.

So I went to my bill through the Tax Assessor Collector website and the total bill is higher than either of those two!

WTF?????

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Same only got notice from our mortgage company that our monthly is going up $120 a month. Odd bc our home value only went up $5k last year after fighting them. Doesn't make sense to me and trying to understand how that happened.