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	<title>Texas Property Tax Tips &#187; Market Values</title>
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	<description>PROTEST ON YOUR OWN OR HIRE A CONSULTANT. EITHER WAY WE&#039;LL HELP YOU GET WHAT YOU DESERVE!</description>
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		<title>Do Market Conditions Matter?</title>
		<link>http://www.texaspropertytaxtips.com/2010/05/03/do-market-conditions-matter-in-your-texas-property-tax-protest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 07:39:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jkutner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[File Your Own Protest]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Used to be when a protesting Texas property owner testified market conditions were terrible Appraisal Review Board members' eyes would glaze over as if Chicken Little were testifying, "The sky is falling".  It's different this year . . .]]></description>
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		<title>Won&#8217;t They Just Bump Me Next Year If I Win This Year?</title>
		<link>http://www.texaspropertytaxtips.com/2010/04/19/wont-they-just-bump-me-next-year-if-i-win-this-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 07:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jkutner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Residential Market Values]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The short answer is "Maybe".  But the Property Tax Code provides the chief appraiser may not increase your value following a successful protest "unless . . .]]></description>
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		<title>Your home&#8217;s on a hot commercial corner; so what?</title>
		<link>http://www.texaspropertytaxtips.com/2010/04/14/your-homes-on-a-hot-commercial-corner-so-what/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 07:36:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jkutner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Market Values]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For years many Texas homeowners paid excessive property taxes because their land had commercial value.  In 2010 they will file property tax protests under a new section of the Code that corrects the matter.  But it can also be abused . . .]]></description>
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		<title>Uptown Dallas&#8217; Condo Skeletons</title>
		<link>http://www.texaspropertytaxtips.com/2010/04/12/uptown-dallas-condominium-skeletons/</link>
		<comments>http://www.texaspropertytaxtips.com/2010/04/12/uptown-dallas-condominium-skeletons/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 20:35:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jkutner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Residential Market Values]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Condo taxable values are ripe for readjustment.  Adding to the incentive, in 2010 foreclosures will be admissible as evidence and general economic conditions will be admissible by law . . .]]></description>
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		<title>Can I Convey to a Trust and Keep My Homestead Exemption?</title>
		<link>http://www.texaspropertytaxtips.com/2010/04/09/can-i-convey-to-a-trust-and-keep-my-homestead-exemption/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 07:44:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jkutner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Homestead rights were historically vested only in individuals but the 2009 Texas legislature changed that.  Home owners now have a new tool for estate planning . . ..]]></description>
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		<title>Rise In New Home Starts in N. Texas May Lift Values</title>
		<link>http://www.texaspropertytaxtips.com/2010/04/06/rise-in-new-home-starts-in-n-texas-may-lift-values/</link>
		<comments>http://www.texaspropertytaxtips.com/2010/04/06/rise-in-new-home-starts-in-n-texas-may-lift-values/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 14:34:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jkutner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Residential Market Values]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[First quarter new home starts in North Texas were up almost 60 percent from the previous year at March 31 and an increase is expected for the second quarter of 2010 as well.  It would mark the third consecutive increase in starts and could signal a recovery in home values.

For taxpayers the current protest season, which begins in May, may be the last best opportunity to reduce their taxable value.  Waiting until 2011 may be too late because . . . ]]></description>
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		<title>Underwater?  A lower taxable value can help you qualify for relief</title>
		<link>http://www.texaspropertytaxtips.com/2010/03/30/underwater-a-lower-taxable-value-can-help-you-qualify-for-relief/</link>
		<comments>http://www.texaspropertytaxtips.com/2010/03/30/underwater-a-lower-taxable-value-can-help-you-qualify-for-relief/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:10:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jkutner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If your mortgage balance is more than your home’s value, the government’s recently announced assistance program can help bail you out.  But your taxable value can influence your ability to qualify.  Lower is better.  That’s why it pays to protest to your Texas Appraisal Review Board in May.]]></description>
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		<title>Arbitration:  A Texas Taxpayer&#8217;s Last &#8212; and Best &#8212; Resort!</title>
		<link>http://www.texaspropertytaxtips.com/2010/03/29/arbitration-can-make-a-big-difference-in-your-texas-property-tax-protest-result/</link>
		<comments>http://www.texaspropertytaxtips.com/2010/03/29/arbitration-can-make-a-big-difference-in-your-texas-property-tax-protest-result/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 07:31:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jkutner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Commercial Market Values]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[File Your Own Protest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Market Values]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Arbitration can be even more productive than the Appraisal Review Board process -- and the reductons larger -- because it's an uneven playing field tilted in the owner's favor . . .  ]]></description>
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		<title>Time Lies:  The Delayed Closing Factor in Valuing Commercial Property for Taxes</title>
		<link>http://www.texaspropertytaxtips.com/2010/03/24/time-lies-the-delayed-closing-factor-in-valuing-commercial-property-for-taxes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.texaspropertytaxtips.com/2010/03/24/time-lies-the-delayed-closing-factor-in-valuing-commercial-property-for-taxes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 07:45:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jkutner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Commercial Market Values]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Commercial properties don't close quickly . . . that can be a factor in valuing a newly acquired property for tax purposes.]]></description>
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		<title>Does the Decline in New Home Starts Portend Recovery?</title>
		<link>http://www.texaspropertytaxtips.com/2010/03/16/does-the-decline-in-new-home-starts-portend-recovery/</link>
		<comments>http://www.texaspropertytaxtips.com/2010/03/16/does-the-decline-in-new-home-starts-portend-recovery/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:24:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jkutner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Residential Market Values]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Recovery of home values in Texas is going against the national continuing down trend caused by the overhang of a "shadow inventory" of homes coming on the market nationwide.  For Texas homeowners, it means 2010 is the year to protest your property tax valuations; 2011 may be too late.]]></description>
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