property appraisal.<\/a><\/p>\nPannell said property taxes on his downtown Fort Worth home, originally built in the early 1900s, have climbed sharply since he began renovating it. He believes surrounding development has played a major role in the increases.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll the condos, all the million-dollar houses around 7th Street. They want to jack my price up,\u201d Pannell said. \u201cYeah, we\u2019re downtown. It\u2019s a great location. But man, it\u2019s a struggle every year.\u201d<\/p>\n
At the Tarrant Appraisal District office, homeowners have formed steady lines ahead of the protest deadline.<\/p>\n
\u201cProperty tax is always a little painful, but we try to make it as pleasant as we can,\u201d Chief Appraiser Joe Don Bobbitt said.<\/p>\n
Tarrant Appraisal District board members voted to freeze 2025 property tax values and carry those same values into 2026. Even with the freeze in place, Bobbitt said property owners who believe their values are too high should still file protests.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey can go on a website. We have a value negotiation tool where they can use and try to resolve it at home,\u201d Joe Don Bobbitt said. \u201cThey can file online applications for their homestead. If that doesn\u2019t work, they can come in and see us.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bobbitt told WFAA the district is resolving about 90% of tax reduction requests, including for homeowners like Brendon Cameron.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s pretty easy and TAD; they\u2019re willing to work with you and listen to what you have to say,\u201d Brendon Cameron said. \u201cIf you have the evidence, they give you some help there to lower it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Still, property tax protest expert Chandler Crouch argues many homeowners may still be overpaying.<\/p>\n
\u201cAbout 80% of people paid too much property tax because of the freeze policy,\u201d Crouch said.<\/p>\n
Crouch said he expects to help roughly 45,000 property owners challenge their 2026 tax bills. Through online videos and free protest advice, he encourages all homeowners to review and protest their appraisals if necessary.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe chief appraiser is not against you at all,\u201d Chandler Crouch said. \u201cThe appraisal district isn\u2019t against you. All of the stuff we\u2019re talking about, like the freeze policy, that\u2019s by the board, which is kind of separate. Those are politicians. The appraisal district itself, they\u2019re government employees that are there to do a job, to value properties, and that\u2019s it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bobbitt said the district\u2019s goal is to help homeowners reach fair and reasonable values, but property owners must participate in the process for reductions to happen.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe want to make it an easy process and to encourage people to take advantage of this,\u201d Joe Don Bobbitt said. \u201cSo, 2024 is the last year we re-appraised residential properties, so we carried that forward for 2025 and for 2026. So, 2027 will be the first year that we re-appraise.\u201d<\/p>\n
For many homeowners, the process has become a yearly routine they believe can save significant money.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s definitely worth your while to do it each year,\u201d Cameron said.<\/p>\n
\u201cJust get online and file. It\u2019s free,\u201d Pannell said.<\/p>\n
Tarrant County property owners wanting to protest their tax values can visit Tarrant Appraisal District<\/a> or go in person to the TAD office at 2500 Handley-Ederville Road in Fort Worth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cWe want to make it an easy process and to encourage people to take advantage of this,\u201d Chief…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":285215,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[150,152,151],"class_list":["post-285214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arlington","tag-arlington","tag-arlington-headlines","tag-arlington-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=285214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285214\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/285215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=285214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=285214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=285214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}