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Search results for "Dallas County Chief Appraiser" ...

  • Property Tax, Appraisals Explained

    When valuing a piece of land the sales price is needed but buyers and sellers of property are required to disclose the price. Appraisal districts must find the information itself but when an outside expert was hired to review the job of the appraisal districts, tens of thousands of errors were found where property values would be up to ten percent off.

    Tags: housing; realty; realtor; Dallas County Chief Appraiser; DCAD; property tax; real estate;

    By Tracy Delatte; Paul Adrian; Kevin Boie; Joe Ellis; Maria Barrs

    KDFW -TV (Dallas)

    2007