Dallas Appraisal District

With New Property Tax Law, Increased Land Values And Commercial Cap Cause Substantially Larger Tax Bills

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / April 22, 2024 /

By Glenn Goodrich Founder/CEO, PropertyTax.io In November 2023, Texas voters passed Proposition 4, significantly altering the landscape of property taxation with an increase in the homestead exemption from $40,000 to $100,000. While this legislative change was widely celebrated, less noticed was a new 20 percent cap on non-homesteaded real estate valued under $5 million, impacting…

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Media Rooms of the Rich and Famous in Dallas, Where One Movie Screen is Never Enough

By Candy Evans / July 11, 2013 /

We hear this baloney from time to time that this room is in, and that one’s out, kind of like we hear that home sizes are shrinking. Poppycock. Truth is, homes are still getting bigger, the media room is still very much alive, in demand, and so popular that in many Dallas homes, one is…

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Dallas Country Club and Dallas Real Estate Taxes: Did You Know DCC Sits on a Greenbelt?

By Candy Evans / October 4, 2011 /

photo by Dallas Morning News David Woo I may have told you that the Dallas Country Club sued the Dallas County Appraisal District earlier this year, claiming that the District has over-valued its lush 118 acres, which, as we all know, are located in a neighborhood of blue chip homes. The case is pending. DCAD put the value of…

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