Do your own research, not if its filed as homestead. I know more about property taxes than your average bear. Yes they suck but so does every other tax we pay. You want to reduce property taxes? Stop development in your area and tell the school district to pound sand.

Adan, for the past couple of years, I've had to be content with just keeping the increases on my appraisal at only $5K per year.

Here's something to chew on (I'm assuming that you have a homestead exemption on your house).

Looks like your county is keeping the increase just under the maximum homestead cap; a home with a homestead exemption can 'only' have the appraisal raised by 10% a year maximum. 10% is alot to me, but not to Texas. Your property taxes should go up by about $380-$400 for the year by the appraised valued you're showing us. You don't want to spend more than your tax savings would be on a new appraisal or other means. But it's almost always worthwhile to ask a realtor to give you a professionally prepared set of comparable sold homes in your neighborhood that breaks down the gross sales prices AND the price per square foot. (give the realtor a Starbucks gift card for his time).

Between those comps, and any documentation you have of problems, like "my house needs major foundation repairs", and file the protest with the county. Go to the informal meeting with the county appraiser and take your photos, foundation report, etc. and be persuasive. The county expectsto see an increase in value, but they might be willing to accept a $3k to $5k increase in value each year, which is still less costly for you than the full 10%.

The Homestead exemption is only a few thousand dollars, they really need to make it a percentage of the property tax value.

^^^^^^^^^^ (Zeeks)

Read!!!!!!! Good

Notice:" Needs MAJOR foundation repairs" These types of repairs are not normal home maintainance

Probably no more than the average bear for sure.

no this realtor backing state government needs to make sales prices available to all like most states do

Why is it anyone else's business how much I paid for a given property (whether it's a high price or a low price)? If you were to sell a family property for millions of dollars would you really want the general public to have access to the fact that you're now swimming in cash?

If the property is bought or sold by a public entity, then maybe the price information should be public. Maybe.

When I brought my house in Frisco, I got a letter from the Collin County Appraisal District asking me what price I paid for my house, I threw it in the trash.

I am not talking about listing price, I am talking about Homestead Exemption, I think it like $20 or $25k, which isn't a nothing when a average house cost $400K