Comments on: Property Tax Assessments in Year One http://inspiredaustin.com/blog/2007/07/property-tax-assessments-in-year-one/ Austin Modern Real Estate, Austin Modern Homes Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:27:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Paul Edwards http://inspiredaustin.com/blog/2007/07/property-tax-assessments-in-year-one/comment-page-1/#comment-643 Paul Edwards Tue, 16 Sep 2008 15:59:10 +0000 http://inspiredaustin.com/blog/2007/07/property-tax-assessments-in-year-one/#comment-643 You might find the website http://austin.appraisalminer.com interesting. It allows you to select a subject property and quickly find similar nearby properties. It then displays current year and prior year numbers for appraised values (land, improvement, total) and calculates basic statistical measures comparing the subject property to the similar nearby properties. It also creates graphs and color-coded maps to help you visualize the data. Very helpful in determining if your appraisal passes the "equity" test. You might find the website http://austin.appraisalminer.com interesting. It allows you to select a subject property and quickly find similar nearby properties. It then displays current year and prior year numbers for appraised values (land, improvement, total) and calculates basic statistical measures comparing the subject property to the similar nearby properties. It also creates graphs and color-coded maps to help you visualize the data. Very helpful in determining if your appraisal passes the “equity” test.

]]> By: jenny http://inspiredaustin.com/blog/2007/07/property-tax-assessments-in-year-one/comment-page-1/#comment-489 jenny Thu, 29 May 2008 22:01:00 +0000 http://inspiredaustin.com/blog/2007/07/property-tax-assessments-in-year-one/#comment-489 I got the house for only around 2 months brand new from the builder. They propose a 15% increase on tax rate. The rep laugh at the appraise value and change it right away. A year later, same ridiculus thing happened. They tried to add 10% tax rate. I give them evidence and they told me they only look at their comps and they think 15% increase is more accurate. I disagree with the comp they give because my house was compare to semi-custom homes, but he doesn't care. More houses sold lately, meaning they are already getting more property taxes but they are adding double digit on top of all the extra taxes they are already getting. Where did those money go???? I got the house for only around 2 months brand new from the builder. They propose a 15% increase on tax rate. The rep laugh at the appraise value and change it right away. A year later, same ridiculus thing happened. They tried to add 10% tax rate. I give them evidence and they told me they only look at their comps and they think 15% increase is more accurate. I disagree with the comp they give because my house was compare to semi-custom homes, but he doesn’t care.

More houses sold lately, meaning they are already getting more property taxes but they are adding double digit on top of all the extra taxes they are already getting. Where did those money go????

]]> By: Travis County Property Tax Protest Lessons - Part II at InspiredAustin.com http://inspiredaustin.com/blog/2007/07/property-tax-assessments-in-year-one/comment-page-1/#comment-20 Travis County Property Tax Protest Lessons - Part II at InspiredAustin.com Thu, 19 Jul 2007 03:32:51 +0000 http://inspiredaustin.com/blog/2007/07/property-tax-assessments-in-year-one/#comment-20 [...] you read my previous post about protesting your Travis County tax appraisal, you’d know round 1 didn’t go as planned. As I purchased my home 6 months ago, the only [...] [...] you read my previous post about protesting your Travis County tax appraisal, you’d know round 1 didn’t go as planned. As I purchased my home 6 months ago, the only [...]

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