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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>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>
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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>Uptown Dallas&#8217; Condo Skeletons</title>
		<link>http://www.texaspropertytaxtips.com/2010/04/12/uptown-dallas-condominium-skeletons/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 20:35:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jkutner</dc:creator>
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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>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 14:34:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jkutner</dc:creator>
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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>
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		<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>
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		<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>
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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>Does the Decline in New Home Starts Portend Recovery?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:24:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jkutner</dc:creator>
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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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		<title>Who(m) Y&#8217;Gonna Believe: FHA or NYU?</title>
		<link>http://www.texaspropertytaxtips.com/2010/03/05/whom-ygonna-believe-fha-or-nyu/</link>
		<comments>http://www.texaspropertytaxtips.com/2010/03/05/whom-ygonna-believe-fha-or-nyu/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:55:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jkutner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Financing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Property Tax Protest is committed to helping its clients save money long term by reducing their current taxable values.  Refinancing under the FHA's "streamline" program is another way to accomplish the same thing.]]></description>
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		<title>Declining Sales Taxes and Your (Rising) Property Tax Rate</title>
		<link>http://www.texaspropertytaxtips.com/2010/03/02/property-and-sales-tax-collection/</link>
		<comments>http://www.texaspropertytaxtips.com/2010/03/02/property-and-sales-tax-collection/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:05:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jkutner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Commercial Market Values]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[City and local governments are starting to discuss an increase in property tax rates to offset sales tax revenues which declined in December for the eleventh straight month.  Economic downturns may be transitory but property tax increases are usually permanent.  Here's what you can do to protect yourself.]]></description>
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		<title>Foreclosures and Your Property Taxes</title>
		<link>http://www.texaspropertytaxtips.com/2010/02/20/foreclosures-and-your-2010texas-property-tax-protest/</link>
		<comments>http://www.texaspropertytaxtips.com/2010/02/20/foreclosures-and-your-2010texas-property-tax-protest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2010 21:25:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jkutner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the end of 2009 2% of Texas homes were in foreclosure and one in ten was behind at least a month on its mortgage payments.  The effect on your 2010 property tax protest can be dramatic if you use it wisely . . .]]></description>
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