Dallas Central Appraisal District

The Deadline to Protest Your Property Tax Appraisal Is Next Week

By Mimi Perez / May 7, 2025 /

Okay property owners, get your dukes up. The deadline to fight your property tax appraisal is next week, May 15. Fighting your property tax technically means filing an intent to protest the value your county appraisal district has assessed. That is how much the appraisal district proposes you would receive for your home if you…

There Are 5 Stages of Property Appraisal Grief and We Are on Stage 4

By Mimi Perez / April 24, 2025 /

Much like the five stages of grief, there are the five stages of dealing with property tax appraisal grief. The stages of tax grief are: Anticipation, Denial, Anger (lots of anger), Action, and Bargaining. Acceptance is part of real grief, but for our purposes, we’re leaving it off. Do you have to accept your taxes…

Property Tax Appraisals Hit Mailboxes Soon and We’re All Grumbling

By Mimi Perez / April 17, 2025 /

From the Nextdoor app to workplace message boards, the level of collective grumbling throughout Dallas-Fort Worth peaked on April 15 when not only were federal income taxes due, but county appraisal districts mailed out their annual property tax appraisals to homeowners. That means we’re all receiving our updated property tax appraisals for 2025 this month,…

Homeowners Could Face Higher Tax Bill if They Overlook New Homestead Exemption Audit

By Mimi Perez / April 10, 2025 /

“Danger Will Robinson! Danger!” Whenever the robot said those words to young Will, we knew something bad was about to happen on the old television program Lost in Space. It’s property tax appraisal season so let me just say, “Danger Dallas homeowners! Danger!” Believe it or not, the danger isn’t a scary tax bill —…

Dallas Central Appraisal District Confirms it Paid $170K to Hackers After Ransomware Attack

By April Towery / February 10, 2023 /

When the Dallas Central Appraisal District website was hacked by a ransomware group in November, little information was released about how such a cybersecurity attack infiltrated the hub of information frequently used by homeowners and real estate professionals.  To make matters worse, the hack occurred as residents were in the midst of paying their tax…