Despite Harris County's large population, certain areas have little access to broadband and high-speed internet. A new plan pitches cooperation between the county government and private companies to ...

A homestead exemption is a tax break that lowers the taxable value of a person’s primary residence. For example, with a 20% ...

Did you know Texas doesn't have a statewide property tax? It's all about your COUNTY! Find out what that means for YOUR home.

Texas Senate District 3 candidate Rhonda Ward announced an ultimate goal to abolish property taxes in Texas during a campaign ...

Sen. Paul Bettencourt, R-Houston, is one of the state's most powerful legislators. He has pushed a total of $32.7 billion in property tax reductions. He also fended off criticism of open records bills ...

Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo recently floated holding a tax rate election to help bridge a projected $270 million budget gap. If approved by voters, officials could raise the property tax rate ...

O'Connor is one of the largest property tax consulting firms, representing 185,000 clients in 49 states and Canada, handling about 295,000 protests in 2024, with residential property tax reduction ...

"The reason your taxes went down is not because of anything Mayor Harris did. Shelby County's property tax rate will decrease by 20%, from $3.39 to $2.73 because of the growth my staff and I ...

Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris proposed a 2026 budget with a 20% property tax cut, a $5 wheel tax increase, and a 3% employee raise. Harris aims to establish a $40,000 minimum salary for full-time ...

And it will allow you to look at that median value that you want to bring to HCAD to protest your property appraisal," Ghisolfi said. Appraisal notices for Harris County are sent out around April 15.

In Harris County, most property owners are learning of their recently released property values. Of 1,115,999 single-family homes, just over half, or 56% have value increases for 2025.

HOUSTON – Harris County Tax Assessor-Collector and Voter Registrar Annette Ramirez is reminding residents that property taxes are due by Friday, January 31, 2025, at midnight.