In the ever-evolving landscape of property taxes, understanding the intricacies of exemptions can significantly impact homeowners.  Recent changes to the Texas Constitution and the Tax Code have impacted homestead exemptions and how Central Appraisal Districts (CADs) handle those exemptions.   In this post, we will be discussing what homeowners need to know about Proposition 4, which ..read more

Some Dallas permit fees will double or triple starting May 1, and industry leaders say those rate hikes will be passed on to home buyers. Dallas Development Services officials say the increased fees were necessary to prevent the department from hemorrhaging money.   The Dallas Development Services Department collects about $28 million in revenue each year ..read more

People flock to Fort Worth’s popular Fairmount Historic District for its charm, historic homes, beautiful trees, and walkable community. What if you could have all that without the Fairmount price tag and the accompanying bidding war to get it? Look no further than South Hemphill Heights. This darling house in Fort Worth’s South Hemphill Heights ..read more

By Glenn GoodrichFounder/CEO, PropertyTax.io In November 2023, Texas voters passed Proposition 4, significantly altering the landscape of property taxation with an increase in the homestead exemption from $40,000 to $100,000. While this legislative change was widely celebrated, less noticed was a new 20 percent cap on non-homesteaded real estate valued under $5 million, impacting commercial ..read more

It’s Earth Day, and frankly, it’s also Oglesby Day for us! Little did I know when I selected a Bud Oglesby home for our Monday Morning Millionaire that Dave Perry-Miller Real Estate‘s Kyle Rovinsky would also be listing a Montgomery Farm home designed by Oglesby Greene. It is also the first LEED gold-certified home built ..read more

Bud Oglesby is one of our best-known modernist architects. He designed everything from small condos to massive luxury homes. Fortunately, he was prolific, so many of his residences have survived. One of Oglesby’s most interesting designs recently hit the market, and it’s in one of our most idyllic and exclusive neighborhoods — Park Bridge Court ..read more

Just one week after Dallas plan commissioners said they didn’t want a watered-down ForwardDallas land use plan, residents showed up en masse at a public meeting to say they won’t stand for anything that threatens the integrity of their single-family neighborhoods.  During almost three hours of testimony on April 18, city plan commissioners also heard ..read more

Residents and developers are invited to weigh in today and tomorrow on a proposed Dallas development code change that would limit impervious coverage for residential and nonresidential development. Impervious coverage, according to the City of Dallas, is any surface that prevents or substantially impedes the natural infiltration of stormwater into the ground, and includes, but ..read more

Four real estate professionals received top honors at the annual awards luncheon of The Greater Fort Worth Association of Realtors (GFWAR) held April 10 at River Crest Country Club in Fort Worth. The four were named winners for their important contributions to the GFWAR and Fort Worth’s real estate industry. ‘The Best of Our Membership ..read more

The Dallas City Council gave the green light earlier this month to Bonton Gardens, a new multifamily development in Southern Dallas.  A complicated development agreement included approving the sale of two Land Transfer Program lots to CityBuild Community Development Corporation and revoking a previous agreement with Notre Dame Place Inc.  The project is proposed to ..read more