Hays County logo. Courtesy photo Residents have until May 17 to protest property value increase
By Sahar Chmais
Property appraisals by the Hays County Central Appraisal District rose an average of 19% since 2020, reaching nearly $40 billion. The deadline to protest the CAD valuations is May 17.
Since May 10, there were more than 3,600 open protests, which means protests entered into the system, said Hays County Appraisal District Chief Appraiser Laura Raven. Appraisal appeals are higher by a few hundred than what the district received last year, Raven added. But the protest period is not over and people are still filing their appeals.
“We are in an upward-moving market and there is little inventory,” Raven told the Hays Free Press/News-Dispatch. “There’s a supply and demand that’s driving residential property values upwards.”