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Protests with Written ARB DeterminationSource: Texas Comptroller, compiled by O’Connor, and not affiliated with any appraisal district.

Thousands
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Total protests 1.197 1.298 1.596 2.518 0.530 0.746 0.821 0.872 1.765 2.223 0.868
Protests single family residential 0.565 0.582 0.719 1.036 0.224 0.361 0.477 0.558 0.957 1.163 0.377
Protests with all other 0.632 0.716 0.877 1.482 0.306 0.385 0.334 0.314 0.808 1.060 0.491

Texas property owners should protest annually since Hearing results depend on the appraiser assigned or the ARB; results vary widely. You do not know the appraiser or ARB panel prior to appealing.

Hood County Protests with Written ARB Determination

Hood County property owners have the right to appeal their property taxes to the Hood County Appraisal Review Board annually. It does not matter if the value increased, was unchanged or was reduced. You can protest based on market value and unequal appraisal. There is no cost to file a property tax protest and the ARB cannot raise your value at the hearing.

The graphs illustrate both residential and commercial (other) volumes.

Hood County property owners had appraisal review board hearings for 872 property tax protests, out of a total of 3,794 tax protests. Hence, 92% of Hood County protests proceeded to an ARB hearings. Home owners accounted for 558 of the ARB hearings.

Hood CAD Protests by Property Type

Hood County Appraisal District is typical in that it has more residential than commercial ARB hearings. This is because such a large portion of the parcels are homes. While the Hood County ARB hearings are about two-thirds residential, about two-thirds of the savings are commercial.

In other words, though there are more residential protests, commercial property protests generate larger property tax savings. There are two reasons for this: 1) commercial properties tend to have a higher value and 2) the percentage reduction for commercial is higher since valuation of commercial properties is more subjective than valuation of homes.

Hood County ARB Decisions with a ReductionSource: Texas Comptroller, compiled by O’Connor, and not affiliated with any appraisal district.

Thousands
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Total 0.126 0.257 0.359 0.594 0.281 0.307 0.335 0.322 0.789 0.950 0.277
Single Family Residential 0.054 0.107 0.126 0.209 0.088 0.111 0.178 0.218 0.504 0.580 0.157
Commercial / All Other 0.072 0.150 0.233 0.385 0.193 0.196 0.157 0.104 0.285 0.370 0.120

Texas property owners should protest annually since An annual appeal is an insurance policy to avoid major increases.

Hood County ARB Decisions with a Reduction

Hood County has had more successful ARB hearings for residential than for commercial. This is because of the prevalence of residential accounts. About half of ARB appeals are successful, depending on the county.

Home owners accounted for 558 of the ARB hearings, accounting for 64% of the total 2021 Hood County ARB protest hearings.

Percent That Resulted in A ReductionSource: Texas Comptroller, compiled by O’Connor, and not affiliated with any appraisal district.

Percent
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Total Reduction 11% 20% 22% 24% 53% 41% 41% 37% 45% 43% 32%
Single Family Residential 10% 18% 18% 20% 39% 31% 37% 39% 53% 50% 42%
Commercial / All Other 11% 21% 27% 26% 63% 51% 47% 33% 35% 35% 24%

Texas property owners should protest annually since To ensure their property taxes are at the lowest possible level.

Percent That Resulted in A Reduction

Here is a graph of the Hood County ARB decisions for residential and commercial showing what percent resulted in a reduction.

In Hood in 2021, there were 314 ARB hearings for home owners and 322 for commercial property owners. Home owners won a reduction in 39% of the Hood ARB hearings while commercial / other property owners won a reduction in 33% of their hearings.

Value Reduction From Written ARB DeterminationsSource: Texas Comptroller, compiled by O’Connor, and not affiliated with any appraisal district.

Billions of $
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Total $ Reduction 0.084 0.029 0.043 0.056 0.104 0.127 0.151 0.084 0.081 0.077 0.022
Single Family Residential 0.008 0.003 0.003 0.005 0.003 0.005 0.007 0.006 0.034 0.017 0.007
Commercial / All Other 0.076 0.027 0.040 0.050 0.101 0.123 0.144 0.078 0.047 0.060 0.015

Texas property owners should protest annually since Unequal appraisal allows protests based on neighbors having a better tax assessment.

Hood CAD Dollar Value Reduction from ARB Hearings

Hood County property owners challenged the value set by Hood County Appraisal District at the ARB in 872 cases. The ARB agreed reduction was appropriate in 322, or 37% of the hearings.

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