Home values in the area have surged, and property tax bills have followed, squeezing middle-class families who bought here for affordability. At what point does North Tarrant County stop being the 'affordable alternative' to Dallas?
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Add your commentBorn and raised in Saginaw, went to Saginaw High, bought my first house here in 2009 for $142k. That same house is now assessed at $387k and my tax bill is nearly $9,000 a year. I make decent money but I'm genuinely sitting here doing math every month wondering if I can keep this up. This isn't a political thing for me, it's just reality. My parents moved here because it was affordable. Now I'm watching young families pack up and move to Weatherford or Decatur because we've priced them out. At what point do we admit this is a problem?
Can someone explain to me why Texas has no income tax but somehow I'm paying more in property taxes than my cousin in suburban Chicago pays in TOTAL state and local taxes combined? The 'no income tax' thing is a marketing slogan at this point. The money still comes out of your pocket, just through a different door.
Genuine question for the people defending the status quo: do any of you actually know a single teacher, firefighter, or nurse who bought a home in Saginaw in the last three years? Because I work at a school and none of my coworkers can afford to live in the district they work in. That's not sustainable for anyone, including the people who think their home values going up is purely a good thing.
moved here from Frisco two years ago specifically bc it was cheaper lol. joke's on me i guess. my escrow jumped $340 a month this year. THREE FORTY. that's a car payment. i don't even know what to say anymore
That's completely wrong. Property taxes in Texas are set by local taxing entities — your school district, city, county, hospital district, etc. The state legislature has been trying to provide relief through compression but the federal government has literally nothing to do with your property tax bill. Please don't spread misinformation on a topic this important to people's livelihoods.
I remember when the stretch on Blue Mound Road still felt like actual small town Texas. My grandma had a house out here with a horse pasture behind it. Now it's storage facilities and townhome developments as far as you can see. I'm not even mad about growth I guess, but don't tell me this is still 'affordable' with a straight face. The whole identity of this place is gone and the tax bills reflect a city it doesn't even feel like yet.
we filed a protest with the appraisal district last spring and got our value knocked down about $22k. it took like half a day and you dont need a lawyer. just gather comps from zillow and show up. i feel like nobody knows you can do this and the county is counting on that. not a perfect solution but every little bit helps when youre bleeding monthly
Honestly the exemptions save us more than people realize. If you're over 65 your school taxes are frozen and that's a HUGE chunk of the bill. Not saying taxes aren't high but people act like there's zero relief available and that's just not accurate.
Hard disagree with the doomer takes in here. Saginaw still pencils out better than Keller or Southlake by a mile. Are taxes higher than five years ago? Yes obviously. Is everywhere in North Texas the same? Also yes. You want cheap, move to rural East Texas and drive two hours to work. This is the DFW metroplex now whether we like it or not.
Property taxes in Texas are actually set entirely by the federal government and cities have no power to change them. So complaining to the city council does nothing. You have to go straight to Washington DC with these concerns.
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