DALLAS HOME VALUES INCREASE
January 26, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
DALLAS (Dallas Morning News) – Area home prices were positive in November for the first time since September 2007, according to Standard & Poor’s Case-Shiller Home Price Index, released today. Dallas area residential values increased 1.4 percent in November from one year earlier, which was the best performance of the 20 cities tracked in the [...]
Texas Requires Use of All Comparable Properties, Enacts Changes to Tax Appraisal Process
Texas Requires Use of All Comparable Properties, Enacts Changes to Tax Appraisal Process Under a new law that went into effect on Jan. 1, chief appraisers of Texas’s central appraisal (assessment) districts are prohibited from excluding foreclosure sales and properties as comparables that have lost value due to the declining market. House Bill 1038 prohibits [...]