Home address: 5712 Heartland Av
2021 Tax Assessment: $850,920
Recent Sales Price: $650,000 – Over-taxed by 31%

Appraisal district errors in setting assessed values cause Midland County owners to pay extra taxes. Most market value protests are successful, typically saving the owner hundreds or thousands of dollars. Unequal appraisal appeals are valid when the assessment is below market value. Winning a property tax protest is easy.  Getting property owners to appeal is hard.  Only 10% of Texan homeowners appeal their property taxes.

Some homeowners do not appeal property taxes because they are not aware of this right.  You can and should protest both market value and unequal appraisal annually. Mass appraisal models make it impossible for appraisal districts to accurately value most houses. Most tax protests are settled at the informal level so appraisers can return to measuring and valuing new construction. Not appealing your property taxes annually is the equivalent of volunteering to pay extra property taxes.