Is Your Property Over-Assessed?
Is it worth it to appeal your property taxes?
If your assessed value is meaningfully higher than your home's real current market value, yes, and it costs nothing to check. Home values rose sharply in many markets after 2020 and have since cooled in some of them, which means an assessment set near the peak can now be well above what the home would actually sell for today. When that's the case, an appeal (or "protest," in Texas) can lower your tax bill every year the correction holds, not just once.
How our estimate works
We compare your assessed value to Zillow's Home Value Index (ZHVI) for your zip code, a free, published, zip-level estimate of current and historical median home values. If your assessed value sits well above that estimate, we flag your property as potentially over-assessed and estimate the annual savings using your county's published tax rate. This is a starting estimate, not a guarantee. The strongest evidence in an actual appeal is real comparable sales for your specific property, not an index.
What happens after you check
If your estimated savings are substantial, we'll point you toward a professional service that works on contingency (you pay only if they win). If the case is smaller, we'll show you a one-time flat-fee alternative and a free DIY guide alongside it, honestly. A contingency specialist recurs every year at 25-30% of your savings, which is a worse deal than a one-time fee once the dollar amount involved is small. We show whichever option is actually best for your numbers, not whichever pays us the most.