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Tuesday, November 5, 2024

Comal County residents join chorus of Texans seeking relief from higher property values

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A Hill Country county is not immune to the statewide surge in property values.

Values in Comal County have jumped as high as 20% with no relief in sight, according to The Herald-Zeitung.

Residents have asked the Comal County Commissioners Court to intervene. Bob Wolf, of New Braunfels, and others requested the commissioners to approve a resolution asking Gov. Greg Abbott to freeze property values at the 2019 levels in response to the economic fallout brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.

According to CAD chief appraiser Rufino Lozano, "the coronavirus caused a delay in the mailings of notices."

“Everyone in the county whose values dropped by even a dollar received a notice,” Lozano told The Herald Zeitung. “Several local taxing jurisdictions grant local option exemptions based on a percentage of value, so if their valuations fluctuate or go down, so will the local option exemption amount."

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