The amount of greed Travis County has to keep raising appraised values every year in a declining housing market. Let’s all make sure we protest and push values lower.

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That’s the scariest thing about home ownership in TX for me. In some states you are locked in to your taxes for as long as you own the house (and the rate is much lower). Here you can potentially get taxed out of your home

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Hays County here - appraised value went down $110k from 23’

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I’m planning on using a protest company….

And you’re right everyone should protest. Most of these companies only charge a percentage of the bill they reduced… there’s no harm in trying

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You can self protest as well. Find comparable properties that sold this last year, and prices were definitely lower.

Real estate agents can pull data from MLS or you can find prices from Zillow and Redfin and the like for recently sold houses (current market)

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