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Texas House Value, Home Appraisal Market Value, Property Tax Appeal Comparable Sales Information
(Statisics compiled from Bureau of Economic Analysis, an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce)
The population of Texas in 2003 was 22,103,374. Its rank was 2nd in the nation. (The District of Columbia is included for ranking purposes.)
PER CAPITA PERSONAL INCOME
In 2003 Texas had a per capita personal income (PCPI) of $29,074. This PCPI ranked 30th in the United States and was 92 percent of the national average, $31,472. The 2003 PCPI reflected an increase of 1.2 percent from 2002. The 2002-2003 national change was 2.2 percent. In 1993 the PCPI of Texas was $19,503 and ranked 32nd in the United States. The 1993-2003 average annual growth rate of PCPI was 4.1 percent. The average annual growth rate for the nation was 4.0 percent.
TOTAL PERSONAL INCOME
In 2003 Texas had a total personal income (TPI) of $642,630,038. This TPI ranked 3rd in the United States. In 1993 the TPI of Texas was $354,212,659 and ranked 3rd in the United States. The 2003 TPI reflected an increase of 3.0 percent from 2002. The 2002-2003 national change was 3.2 percent. The 1993-2003 average annual growth rate of TPI was 6.1 percent. The average annual growth rate for the nation was 5.1 percent.
Texas Home buyers want to know how much to offer for a house, sellers want to know how much to list a house for. Those seeking a property tax appeal want to know the market value of comparable homes in order to make adjustments to their home's worth. Variations in age, size, condition of the home, and other differences in amenities plus other factors weigh in on the overall market value of a home.
Texas real estate agents can offer a CMA (Comparable Market Analysis) for houses in the area. This is a ball park figure. A more definitive figure is arrived at by obtaining an appraisal. A Home Market Value Appraisal gives a definitive value for the specific time frame in which the analysis was conducted. Prices range upward to $350.00 depending on the region in which you live.
Doing your own Home Market Value Appraisal is not rocket science. Investigating and doing it yourself will save you money and also give you an edge in negotiating. We suggest checking into the two options listed above (1) and (2).
House Property Taxes: If you desire to challenge your house property taxes and want to go the professional route, be prepared to open your wallet wide. Besides the appraisal fee, the appraiser will have to charge for a day's time at the municipal review. If you decide on hiring a professional mouthpiece, the attorney will not guarantee the result. You could lose the case and easily lose over a grand in the process. Again, we suggest checking into the two options listed above (1) and (2).
| Texas Home Value Demographics | Texas | USA |
Housing units, 2002 |
8,502,060 | 119,302,132 |
| Texas Homeownership rate, 2000 |
63.8% | 66.2% |
| Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 | 24.2% | 26.4% |
| Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 | $82,500 | $119,600 |
| Texas Households, 2000 | 7,393,354 | 105,480,101 |
| Persons per household, 2000 | 2.74 | 2.59 |
| Median household income, 1999 | $39,927 | $41,994 |
| Per capita money income, 1999 | $19,617 | $21,587 |
| Persons below poverty, percent, 1999 | 15.4% | 12.4% |
US Census Bureau
Regions: Arklatex | Central Texas | Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex | East Texas | Edwards Plateau | Houston Metropolitan Area | North Texas | Northeast Texas | Piney Woods | Rio Grande Valley | Texas Hill Country | Texas Panhandle | Llano Estacado | Southeast Texas | South Texas | West Texas
Largest Metropolitan areas: Abilene | Amarillo | Austin- San Marcos | Beaumont- Port Arthur | Brownsville- Harlingen- San Benito | Bryan- College Station | Corpus Christi | Dallas-Fort Worth | El Paso | Houston-Galveston-Brazoria | Killeen- Temple | Laredo | Longview- Marshall | Lubbock | McAllen- Edinburg- Mission | Odessa-Midland | San Angelo | San Antonio | Sherman- Denison | Texarkana | Tyler | Victoria | Waco | Wichita Falls
Major state designations and symbols include:
state flower — the bluebonnet (Lupinus texensis)
state motto — "Friendship"
state nickname — The Lone Star State (because Texas was an independent country before becoming a U.S. state)
state tree — the pecan
state bird — the mockingbird
official state song — Texas Our Texas
state mammals (three)
small — armadillo
large — Texas longhorn
flying — Mexican free-tailed bat
With an area of 690,000 km2, Texas forms the second-largest US state in size after Alaska and the largest state in the contiguous 48 states.
Whether it's a landmark decision for property-owners, the first step in privatizing education, or just one more misguided effort by "activist judges" to usurp local autonomy … depends on your perspective.
The fact is, according to an Associated Press story, the Texas Supreme Court has ruled that "Texas school districts illegally tax property owners to pay for public education, and the state must find a new way to fund schools by June 1 or classrooms will remain closed in the fall." The court found that property taxes have become "an unconstitutional statewide property tax," and warned that all state funding to the school system would be ended, if the property-tax funding was not ended by the deadline.
http://www.freemarketnews.com/WorldNews.asp?nid=2585
"The court's ruling could help break that deadlock because it imposed a June 1 deadline to fix the property tax problem. If no solution is enacted by then, all state school funding will cease, effectively shutting down the schools." For complete report click Texas Property Taxes