Dallas County Appraisal District

Has Anyone Heard From Their Appraisal District? CandysDirt Tax Doctor is IN

By Candy Evans / May 14, 2012 /

Troy Aikman has sold part of his dirt, the pool-cabana-sport court part, and we are hearing tales of multiple offers and homes being snapped up in 4 to 5 days, some not even in MLS. I am posting a home soon built by Mark Danuser that sold as a hip pocket in less than a…

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…

Ad Valorem Taxes & The Elderly: You Can Defer Taxes for 8%

By Candy Evans / August 29, 2011 /

Last week we learned in the Dallas Morning News that about 3,000 elderly (that is, folks over age 65) and disabled Dallas County property owners are due for a fiscal surprise because of a computer glitch in the Dallas County Appraisal District that miscalculated their 2010 tax bills. That surprise is a higher tax bill than…

The $15 Million Home Sale that Everyone is Talking About: Dallas Real Estate News

By Candy Evans / May 10, 2011 /

This is what’s happening in real estate: the rich are getting richer and buying up trophy properties, sky’s the limit. The rest of us can eat cake. Case in point: 3820 Gillon Avenue, owned by Randall and Olamaie Fojtasek, a former partner at Hicks Muse who co-founded the private equity firm Brazos Partners. The Fojtaseks…