Dallas Central Appraisal District

Candy Evans: DCAD’s Online Outage ‘Giving Everyone More Headaches’

By Marlin Weso / November 24, 2022 /

The long duration of the DCAD online outage has had an impact on North Texas real estate agents, Candy Evans of CandysDirt.com told NBC5.

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Update: Dallas Central Appraisal District is Still Down Thanks to a Ransomware Attack

By Candy Evans / November 17, 2022 /

Insiders at the Dallas Central Appraisal District, which was hacked last week in a ransomware attack, tell us the system is not yet up, they are working all on paper, they cannot use email, and the hackers have asked for money. How much, we are trying to determine. Because Dallas County manages DCAD, we are…

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Feeling Overwhelmed by Your Property Taxes? Don’t Miss The May 16 Deadline to File Your Appraisal Protest

By Mimi Perez / May 5, 2022 /

So, how did you like your 2022 property tax appraisal? It is akin to sitting on not just one thumbtack but a slew of thumbtacks and instead of thumbtacks, they are nine-inch nails with real sharp points that are going straight into your tush. That is a pretty accurate description from the majority of Texans…

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Plan to Protest Your Property Taxes? Here Are a Few Tips

By Marlin Weso / May 9, 2021 /

Like every year, you have the right of appeal. But make it a priority and check your appraisal district’s deadlines.

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Lessons Learned: Hiring a Property Tax Protest Firm a Waste of Time, But Not Money

By Jon Anderson / October 30, 2018 /

Around the time property tax appraisals are mailed in April, I think every address in Texas gets a flurry of postcards from property tax protest firms.  They all seem to have some combination of “property” “tax” and “protest” in their names. Searching Google for “Texas property tax protest service” nets about 25 million results.  Clearly,…

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