Who Else Has Their Property Appraisal for this Year?

[spacejamz]

Last year our property was assessed at $165K...just got the new appraisal for this year's assessment and it went up to $173K (which means our estimated property tax amount for this year is gonna be over $4k - it was $3.8k last year)...

one of the joys of homeownership (around Dallas, Tx) I guess...

 

[StageLeft]

Mine's gone up a similar amount, though I can't remember exactly what

 

[Tbirdkid]

mine went from 135 to 155. makes me all warm inside...

 

[FoBoT]

i got a card in the mail from the assessor last week

but it doesn't give prior info (we just bought the house last year), so i don't know if it went up down or sideways

i actually would be happy if it went up, this county is dirt poor/cheap. the voters didn't approve a new jail that is very badly needed last fall. most side roads are still gravel/dirt, a few paved roads in 2005 seems reasonable to me :disgust:

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: Tbirdkid
mine went from 135 to 155. makes me all warm inside...

don't trust the results of one who gains from overvaluing your property.

 

[Sluggo]

Ours goes up 5% every year, I know thats how much it goes up because that is the cap that it can go up.

A few years back the state decided to "protect" us by limiting the amount our property appraisals could go up in 1 year, they capped it at 5%. So now without fail it goes up 5% every single damn year.

 

[amol]

ours has doubled in value compared to 2001 :Q

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: Amol
ours has doubled in value compared to 2001 :Q

By the state or by like sales in your area?

 

[Amplifier]

Go argue your assessment, I got my one property dropped 3.5k in value .

 

[amol]

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: Amol
ours has doubled in value compared to 2001 :Q

By the state or by like sales in your area?

oh, hehe ...

sales in the area.

guess it's off topic

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: Amol

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: Amol
ours has doubled in value compared to 2001 :Q

By the state or by like sales in your area?

oh, hehe ...

sales in the area.

guess it's off topic

sweet...

 

[Sluggo]

Originally posted by: Amplifier
Go argue your assessment, I got my one property dropped 3.5k in value .

I want to write them a letter asking if they will pay that for it. I would make out like a bandit.

 

[amol]

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: Amol

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: Amol
ours has doubled in value compared to 2001 :Q

By the state or by like sales in your area?

oh, hehe ...

sales in the area.

guess it's off topic

sweet...

Then again, it's Southern California

considering what our house started at, doubling in value is amazing

 

[dcdude]

i was thinking of moving to areas around Dallas at some point if property values stay low(as compared to Miami, where theres no way ill ever be able to afford a house)

my mom lves in Denton(is denton the county or city?) outside of dallas and theyve got a 4500 sq ft home that they only paid like 220-240k for

you never get a house like that in this area

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: Amol

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: Amol

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: Amol
ours has doubled in value compared to 2001 :Q

By the state or by like sales in your area?

oh, hehe ...

sales in the area.

guess it's off topic

sweet...

Then again, it's Southern California

considering what our house started at, doubling in value is amazing

heh, the question is could you purchase what you have today for the same price or will you get much more for similar location?

 

Fight it.
My company does work specifically for people who are trying to fight their tax assessment.

 

[Sluggo]

Originally posted by: dcdude
i was thinking of moving to areas around Dallas at some point if property values stay low(as compared to Miami, where theres no way ill ever be able to afford a house)

my mom lves in Denton(is denton the county or city?) outside of dallas and theyve got a 4500 sq ft home that they only paid like 220-240k for

you never get a house like that in this area

The city of Denton is in the county of Denton.

 

[NogginBoink]

Always fight your assessment. There's no penalty for losing. And if you win this year, that helps in future years as well due to the cap.

 

[spacejamz]

Originally posted by: Sluggo

Originally posted by: dcdude
i was thinking of moving to areas around Dallas at some point if property values stay low(as compared to Miami, where theres no way ill ever be able to afford a house)

my mom lves in Denton(is denton the county or city?) outside of dallas and theyve got a 4500 sq ft home that they only paid like 220-240k for

you never get a house like that in this area

The city of Denton is in the county of Denton.

I live in Denton County...our house is 1900 sq ft and we paid $165k for it in Nov 2003...
there are 2300 sq ft homes in our neighborhood that are going for around $190K-210k...

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: spacejamz

Originally posted by: Sluggo

Originally posted by: dcdude
i was thinking of moving to areas around Dallas at some point if property values stay low(as compared to Miami, where theres no way ill ever be able to afford a house)

my mom lves in Denton(is denton the county or city?) outside of dallas and theyve got a 4500 sq ft home that they only paid like 220-240k for

you never get a house like that in this area

The city of Denton is in the county of Denton.

I live in Denton County...our house is 1900 sq ft and we paid $165k for it in Nov 2003...
there are 2300 sq ft homes in our neighborhood that are going for around $190K-210k...

dang that's cheap! In my area (louisville, KY) a nice home runs 130/sq foot.

 

[spacejamz]

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here is a pic of the house from last year...

 

[Sluggo]

Originally posted by: spacejamz
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here is a pic of the house from last year...

Its that creepy Texas thing where the garages are in the back in an alleyway.

Well, thats the only place I havce seen it, just seems odd to me. I would guess that it is quite liveable since the wonderful Texas citizens havent revolted against developers.

 

[db]

It increases here (SoCal) 2% per month--you do the math.

 

[db]

:roll: (looking at double post)....

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: spacejamz
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here is a pic of the house from last year...

still only 86 bucks/sqFT. are housing prices really that low in dallas?

Here in louisville KY a nice lot will run you 80-110K for about an acre.