"Zero chance my house would sell for anything close to what they have now appraised it for. In fact, zero chance it would sell for what they appraised it for last year, and now it is 25% more! Oh, but wait -- we're all supposed to vote for the school bond …."

Your valuation is one part of determining your property taxes. The other is the tax rate set by the taxing entity. Have your taxes paid for schools increased proportionally?

highpriorityag said:

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Because our appraisal district is out of touch with reality, the market has changed!!

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Exactly this. They're still living in 3% moneyland.

Happy to run comps for you. I'm in the midst of doing it for mine, as my home went from $286k to $359k according to them.

I didn't realize that painting my living room and getting new cushions for my patio furniture could be so lucrative