WASHINGTON CO. PROPERTY VALUES CERTIFIED
The Washington County Appraisal District has released 2023’s certified property values, which continue to climb but are up by much less on average compared to last year’s appraisals.
Across the county, 57,309 assessed properties totaled $13,787,379,604 in market value, a 17.84 percent increase from $11,699,841,121 on 54,208 properties in 2022. Comparatively, the jump in market values from 2021 to 2022 was 45.71 percent.
Residential market value for single-family homes increased by 10.63 percent, but multi-family residential value actually declined by 10.44 percent. Commercial real property rose by 24.07 percent on average. Qualified open-space land, or land devoted principally to agricultural use, jumped by 32.17 percent. Real property for industrial and manufacturing use increased by 8.78 percent. Oil and gas value dropped by 12.17 percent.
Looking at taxable value for homes, the current average values for homesteads in Washington County and Blinn College sit at $267,289, up from $243,552 in 2022.
The average home inside Brenham ISD went from $246,747 last year to $271,622 this year, while Burton ISD’s home values went from $224,089 a year ago to $240,458.
For the City of Brenham, the average homestead increased from $215,590 in 2022 to $239,681 this year. Homes in the City of Burton grew from $200,266 a year ago to $216,659 in 2023.
Inside the Oak Hill Fresh Water District, the average homestead value is now $374,337 in comparison to $348,939 last year. The Pecan Glen Road District’s average home value rose from $408,255 in 2022 to $458,777 now.
According to Washington County Chief Appraiser Dyann White, a total of 2,272 protests were filed this year, representing 5.2 percent of the county’s properties. Settlements were reached on 1,119 of the protests, with 317 protests still actively remaining. White said her office’s goal “is always to be fair and to listen to local property owners” and that properties should not be under or over their actual market value.
Click here to view an analysis of market values across Washington County from 2022 to 2023.
So now lets raise WAGES to keep up with these RIDICULOUS prices on homes!
If they want to be “fair” they need to tax those who spend ridiculous amounts on property for what they paid and quit raising the locals values because of them. I paid $1500 and acre 15 years ago, but my values (and everyone else’s) are based on idiots that pay astronomical amounts. Why am I paying more because someone paid $20,000-200,000 and acre?!
Agreed.
Why are we paying property taxes at all? We bought the land just so that we can pay “rental” fees annually? It’s against the constitution to pay taxes at all. Ugh!
Fair market value…..I’d be happy to buy your acre for $1500, but you probably wouldn’t think it would be fair.
Amen. Some body have an answer.
Value is deemed by the market and is not just some arbitrary number that the tax office stamps on it. The tax office follows state codes for determining current taxable value, which yes does take into account recent comparable sales. Your land has a higher value now because you can likely go sell it for $20,000+ an acre to said “idiot” who will likely gladly pay it. With a finite supply, you can expect land values to continue to increase unless market demand drastically decreases. If you’re upset with the current state tax codes, talk to your state legislator.