HOUSTON—From El Paso to Texarkana and from Brownsville toAmarillo, Texans are fired up this summer about property tax bills.Property values in numerous counties have increased by doubledigits this year, resulting in big jumps in the taxes propertyowners are expected to pay, according to RahulPatel, attorney and managing partner with Patel | Gaines, a locallaw firm.
“The appraised value from your local county appraisal district isn't the last word if you don't wantit to be,” Patel tells GlobeSt.com. “Property owners across Texashad until May 31 to file an official protest of their property'svalue. In many cases, such a protest results in a lower valuationand, in turn, a lower tax bill.”
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Lisa Brown
Lisa Brown is an editor for the south and west regions of GlobeSt.com. She has 25-plus years of real estate experience, with a regional PR role at Grubb & Ellis and a national communications position at MMI. Brown also spent 10 years as executive director at NAIOP San Francisco Bay Area chapter, where she led the organization to achieving its first national award honors and recognition on Capitol Hill. She has written extensively on commercial real estate topics and edited numerous pieces on the subject.
