aslowdodge Posted May 24, 2007 Share Posted May 24, 2007 I understand you can protest your property taxes. How is this done and what reasons do you use?A local realtor suggested I sell my homes on the west end beachside at 25% lower than what I paid for them in early 2006. Is this a valid reason? It seems property values have gone down so it would reason that the taxes should be lower too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lwood Posted May 24, 2007 Share Posted May 24, 2007 I understand you can protest your property taxes. How is this done and what reasons do you use?A local realtor suggested I sell my homes on the west end beachside at 25% lower than what I paid for them in early 2006. Is this a valid reason? It seems property values have gone down so it would reason that the taxes should be lower too.Check out cutmytaxes.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhino Posted May 24, 2007 Share Posted May 24, 2007 I understand you can protest your property taxes. How is this done and what reasons do you use?A local realtor suggested I sell my homes on the west end beachside at 25% lower than what I paid for them in early 2006. Is this a valid reason? It seems property values have gone down so it would reason that the taxes should be lower too.aslowdodge - the most interesting part of your post to me was that the realtor said you should sell for '25% less' that what you paid a year ago. that's a big drop!! Galveston real estate appears to have topped out, but I didn't think it was declining precipitously. maybe I'm wrong though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mumbles Posted May 25, 2007 Share Posted May 25, 2007 Get a HAR realtor to print you out a CMA so you can show what homes are selling for. Just telling the tax office what your realtor said isn't going to mean a thing.Remember they cut the tax rate last year? Now they have to up the values so they don't lose any money from their budget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiderman Posted May 26, 2007 Share Posted May 26, 2007 I understand you can protest your property taxes. How is this done and what reasons do you use?A local realtor suggested I sell my homes on the west end beachside at 25% lower than what I paid for them in early 2006. Is this a valid reason? It seems property values have gone down so it would reason that the taxes should be lower too.GCAD is having a seminar on how to protest you property appraisals that may be helpful ot you....... Harris County Tax Office Along with HCAD and Galveston County TAC Conducting Appraisal Protest Seminars before DeadlineHOUSTON - May 25, 2007 - Harris County Tax Assessor-Collector Paul Bettencourt along with Harris County Appraisal District Chief Appraiser Jim Robinson and Galveston County Tax Assessor-Collector Cheryl Johnson will conduct simultaneous two-county taxpayer appraisal protest seminars on May 30, 2007. The deadline to protest property appraisals for most accounts is May 31, 2007. Who: Harris County Tax Assessor-Collector Paul Bettencourt Harris County Chief Appraiser Jim Robinson Galveston County Tax Assessor-Collector Cheryl Johnson What: How to Protest your Property Appraisals When: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Where: Harris County Taste of Texas 10505 Katy Freeway Houston, TX 77024 Galveston County Galveston County North Annex 174 Calder League City, TX 77573Why: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aslowdodge Posted May 26, 2007 Author Share Posted May 26, 2007 thanks but I am back in california now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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