Home address: 1915 Lavon Creek Ln

2021 Taxable Value: $280,235

Recent Sales Price: $165,000 – Over-taxed by 70%

Property tax assessments not carefully reviewed lead to paying more than your share of property taxes. Protesting the appraisal district’s market value with usually reduce your property taxes. You can reduce your property taxes with an unequal appraisal appeal. It is difficult to persuade property owners to protest their property taxes.  But 60 to 80% of those who do are successful.

Some homeowners believe “you can’t fight city hall.”  But property owners win 60 to 80% of property tax appeals. It is impossible for 2,272 Texas appraisal district appraisers to track physical condition and value for over 20 million properties. Appraisal districts are receptive to settling property tax protests for houses at the informal level because it has only a nominal impact on the total tax base. Property owners who appeal annually rarely pay more than their fair share.