"Zero chance my house would sell for anything close to what they have now appraised it for. In fact, zero chance it would sell for what they appraised it for last year, and now it is 25% more! Oh, but wait -- we're all supposed to vote for the school bond …."

Your valuation is one part of determining your property taxes. The other is the tax rate set by the taxing entity. Have your taxes paid for schools increased proportionally?

highpriorityag said:

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Because our appraisal district is out of touch with reality, the market has changed!!

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Exactly this. They're still living in 3% moneyland.

Happy to run comps for you. I'm in the midst of doing it for mine, as my home went from $286k to $359k according to them.

I didn't realize that painting my living room and getting new cushions for my patio furniture could be so lucrative

Does anyone know the tax rate in Brazos County?

Too high.

JURISDICTION M&O TOTAL RATE
G1 Brazos County $0.368986 $0.409700

histag10 said:

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welp.....

only a 7% increase this year.

43% increase in 2 years, and 106% increase since 2019 when we purchased the property.

Our house is a modular home on a pier and beam foundation. for some reason, our tax docs now say its a mobile home on a mobile pad with mobile hookup, and yet they have increased its value by leaps and bounds....

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If you ever plan on selling it, I would get the tax information changes as a buyer may have issues with getting certain mortgage terms if the lender sees the "mobile" or "manufactured home" stated on the property tax records. What does you home insurance state? That could also be an issue if you have a major claim.

Home insurance lists as pier and beam foundation as permanent foundation. Does not classify it as manufactured. Deed does not classify it as manufactured. If you get under the house, it does not have a chassis. Builder also classifies it as modular. Had roof replaced last year with no issue. Our insurance has the builder and model of our home.

Mine's still listed as N/A.... They're probably trying to figure out how much they can hit me for before they bankrupt me.

Two houses. Built same year. Within 600 yd. Same style. Same builder. Same condition. One mine and one parents. One up 15%. Other down 2%.

Of course they won't

Prior to 2020 bcad values were consistently 10-20% lower than market for as far back as I can remember. I was told they paid an outside consultant to come in and they determined their numbers were undervalued. First they started with lot/land because those are very hard to get comps on in already built out neighborhoods so very hard to fight. I remember they were raising lots 10,20,30k and dropping the actual improvements. Then covid came and bcs existing housing went up 40-50% so they now had the comps to hammer on improvements.

Make sure to do your research on companies who say they'll protest and if they don't get a drop you don't pay. About 5 yrs ago we signed on with such a company. We didn't have to pay them, because they did nothing to protest. An increase of course. I don't remember their name and I think they're out of biz now. Go figure.

KatieR said:

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I was on the ARB (appraisal review board) for Brazos County for 3 years... I had to step down because it was during the busiest time of year for me ( I am a REALTOR) but I am very passionate about property taxes and the fear of taxing homeowners out of homeownership. I can answer any questions you have.

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Katie,

Where can consumers get comparable sales for our neighborhood? I have my exact house three streets over, which is 7 years newer, and it's been on the market for 4 months at $40K less than my appraised value. Brazos County Appraisal district is out of touch with reality and pricing people out of their homes via taxation.

I'm a realtor here in town. I'm happy to help. The more people that protest, the better. No catch. Just happy to run comps. One of the easiest things I can do for folks

JR Ewing said:

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KatieR said:

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I was on the ARB (appraisal review board) for Brazos County for 3 years... I had to step down because it was during the busiest time of year for me ( I am a REALTOR) but I am very passionate about property taxes and the fear of taxing homeowners out of homeownership. I can answer any questions you have.

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Katie,

Where can consumers get comparable sales for our neighborhood? I have my exact house three streets over, which is 7 years newer, and it's been on the market for 4 months at $40K less than my appraised value. Brazos County Appraisal district is out of touch with reality and pricing people out of their homes via taxation.

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Newer homes in theory should be worth less because they've had less time to appreciate. This is why sometimes in big developments you see the new home going for less than the older ones that come up for sale. However inflation the last four years has kind of upended some things.

techno-ag said:

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JR Ewing said:

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KatieR said:

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I was on the ARB (appraisal review board) for Brazos County for 3 years... I had to step down because it was during the busiest time of year for me ( I am a REALTOR) but I am very passionate about property taxes and the fear of taxing homeowners out of homeownership. I can answer any questions you have.

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Katie,

Where can consumers get comparable sales for our neighborhood? I have my exact house three streets over, which is 7 years newer, and it's been on the market for 4 months at $40K less than my appraised value. Brazos County Appraisal district is out of touch with reality and pricing people out of their homes via taxation.

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Newer homes in theory should be worth less because they've had less time to appreciate. This is why sometimes in big developments you see the new home going for less than the older ones that come up for sale. However inflation the last four years has kind of upended some things.

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I could see older homes being appraised for more because the county's appraisals dont always (dont ever?) make sense... but I've never heard someone say they want to pay more for a house just because it's older.

b0ridi said:

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techno-ag said:

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JR Ewing said:

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KatieR said:

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I was on the ARB (appraisal review board) for Brazos County for 3 years... I had to step down because it was during the busiest time of year for me ( I am a REALTOR) but I am very passionate about property taxes and the fear of taxing homeowners out of homeownership. I can answer any questions you have.

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Katie,

Where can consumers get comparable sales for our neighborhood? I have my exact house three streets over, which is 7 years newer, and it's been on the market for 4 months at $40K less than my appraised value. Brazos County Appraisal district is out of touch with reality and pricing people out of their homes via taxation.

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Newer homes in theory should be worth less because they've had less time to appreciate. This is why sometimes in big developments you see the new home going for less than the older ones that come up for sale. However inflation the last four years has kind of upended some things.

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I could see older homes being appraised for more because the county's appraisals dont always (dont ever?) make sense... but I've never heard someone say they want to pay more for a house just because it's older.

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Struck me as odd too when we were first home shopping and the one or two older homes in the development were for sale at a higher price than the brand new ones. But that's appreciation for you. I imagine it's easier to sell after all the homes are built so no one can make an easy comparison like that.

I've never heard that chalked up to appreciation. It's always been explained to me that older homes generally have less issues than brand new homes (unknown issues), and the issues they have are known. You negotiate those issues into the sale. With a new home, you find out later and have to fight to builder over them.

There is value in convenience

Contest it!

Yes, it is a pain in the rear because you have to go in and make an appointment and then you have to go in front of a panel. Our valuation made no sense. Ask for what they compared your house to. Should be houses of around the same age and size. Apparently the county is counting on most people not contesting.

Also check everything on your form - ours had errors including improvements that we do not have.

I fought it again this year. They came down roughly 5%; which is about accurate. They had my neighbor at $14/sq ft less than mine. I used that and easily won.

I have come to the conclusion that the Brazozcad folks are either extremely incompetent or possibly corrupt.
What a horrible system.
I feel sorry for folks that don't know to fight their valuations.

I reached out to a realtor in my neighborhood after getting my appraisal and was told they couldn't share info. Can I reach out to you?

Yep!

I finally got mine in the mail yesterday. As expected, the value skyrocketed way past what I could sell the place for.