Property Taxes

January 4, 2010

The easiest way to save money on your real estate taxes

Content UPDATED for 2021 – filing for a homestead exemption is still the easiest way to save money on your real estate taxes. These days we are all looking for ways to save money whether it be on our grocery bill or our real estate tax bill.  The easiest way to save money on your Spring Texas […]
July 6, 2009

Who has lower real estate taxes Montgomery County or Harris County?

If I was to do a telephone survey to Montgomery county homeowners to find out the answer to “Who has lower real estate taxes Montgomery county or Harris county?”  I would predict 80% of the survey respondents would say Montgomery county.  And they would be partially right. Partially right because Montgomery county real estate taxes […]
April 23, 2009

How to dispute your Spring Texas Property Tax Values

By now your Spring Texas property tax notice from the Harris County Appraisal District (HCAD) should have arrived in your mailbox.  If you have not received your valuation yet the odds are in your favor that your property value will either decrease or remain the same as 2008. According to HCAD, 45% of the residential properties in Harris County received […]
January 5, 2009

How to save money on your real estate taxes

These days we are all looking for ways to save money whether it be on our grocery bill or our real estate tax bill.  The easiest way to save money on your Spring Texas real estate taxes is by filing for the general homestead exemption. And it is as easy as cutting coupons out of the Sunday […]
November 24, 2008

Spring Texas Property Taxes – the bills are in the mail

Its that time of the year, again. The time of year I dread going to my mailbox because I know any day now lurking inside I will find the bills for my Spring Texas Property Taxes. In Spring Texas, we have three taxing entities the MUD (Muncipal Utility District), the school district which can either be […]
August 21, 2008

Texas ranks #8 lowest state in state-local tax burden

There is no denying that our real estate taxes in Spring Texas are higher than in other states. But you shouldn’t ONLY take into consideration real estate taxes when considering whether its affordable to live in Spring Texas. For 18 consecutive years the nonpartisan Tax Foundation has published an estimate of the combined state-local burden […]
May 15, 2008

Spring Texas real estate taxes to increase

The residents of Spring Texas have spoken and what they have said is “We want quality education”. On May 10th, the residents of Klein School District voted on a $647 million school bond. The bond PASSED with 52% of the votes. Every vote counts as the bond passed by a narrow margin of only 300 […]
March 25, 2008

Spring TX real estate taxes to increase if school bond passes

One of the bad things about growth is that sooner or later we are going to have to pay for its impact on our infrastructure. And pay we do, usually in the form of increased taxes. Over the last four years, our Klein school district has experienced growth. Growth of more than 16% or 6,000 […]
March 6, 2008

Spring TX Real Estate: 2008 Protest Deadlines CHANGE

In previous years, we typically would receive the notice of appraisal value of Spring Texas homes in April. We would have until May 31st or 30 days after the date the appraisal district sent the notice whichever is later to protest the value. But for 2008, the dates have changed. You now have until April […]