23 days until the May 15 protest deadline

Protest your Texas property tax. Win money back.

BasisPoint pulls your HCAD appraisal, finds every comparable that lowers it, audits your exemptions, and generates a pre-filled Notice of Protest — so you can file by May 15 and walk into your ARB hearing with a stack of evidence.

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HCAD properties analyzed: 71,717
Median 2026 YoY increase (77008): +2.5%
77008 properties up >10% YoY: 18%
Texas protest deadline: May 15

Walk a real protest

1521 Biondo Way, in five scrolls.

A live property. HCAD's 2026 numbers. Our equity analyzer. No projections, no invented comps — just the shape of an actual BasisPoint protest.

Subject

1521 BIONDO WAY

Houston, TX 77008 · HCAD 1399890050010 · built 2019 · 2,662 sqft

2026 market

$640,066

Neighborhood comps0/10

2604 REPPART PL	2,670	$253/sf
2504 ZEMMER LN	2,678	$254/sf
1411 BIONDO WAY	2,678	$252/sf
2610 ZEMMER LN	2,686	$248/sf
1522 CALLAKING PL	2,690	$245/sf
1512 BIONDO WAY	2,724	$254/sf
2607 REPPART PL	2,724	$254/sf
1515 BIONDO WAY	2,738	$238/sf
1505 BIONDO WAY	2,716	$247/sf
1407 BIONDO WAY	2,716	$250/sf

Median $/sqft × 2,662 sqft$668,038

External obsolescence · §23.01(b)3.0%

Adjacent apartment complex — landscape lighting crosses rear fence line; intermittent parking-garage noise.

Protest targetMarket

$620,864≈ $442 / year

Step 1 · 01 / 5

Your HCAD notice arrives

Every April, Harris County's mass-appraisal algorithm sets your 2026 market value. For 1521 Biondo Way — a 2019-built townhouse in the Heights — HCAD landed on $640,066.

Step 2 · 02 / 5

We find ten similar homes

Same neighborhood code, within ±15% of your sqft, ±10 years of age, matching quality grade, ±30% lot size. Nothing hand-picked — the filter runs against every 2026 HCAD assessment.

Step 3 · 03 / 5

The median is the argument

Tax Code §41.43(b)(3) says your appraised value must be adjusted to the median assessed $/sqft of a reasonable number of comparable properties. The ten comps here median at $251/sqft.

Step 4 · 04 / 5

Condition + external obsolescence

An apartment complex abuts the rear property line — landscape lighting crosses the fence and the parking garage adds intermittent noise. Under Tax Code §23.01(b), documented external factors reduce value. We apply a conservative 3% factor.

Step 5 · 05 / 5

Target: $620,864

From the current $640,066, the blended argument (equity median + obsolescence) brings you to $620,864. At Harris County's ~2.3% blended rate, that's about $442 in taxes back every year you keep the reduction.

Your turn

Run the same analysis on your address.

Same math, same Tax Code citations, same pre-filled Form 50-132. Takes about ten minutes.

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Three arguments, one packet

We build every defensible case for a reduction, then pick whichever saves you the most. Nothing invented, nothing puffed.

Unequal appraisal

Tax Code §41.43(b)(3) median of similar neighborhood homes. Your strongest argument when the CAD's comp pool picks you apart.

Market value

Recent arm's-length sales plus documented external obsolescence — adjacent nuisance, condition issues, functional obsolescence under §23.01(b).

Exemption audit

Homestead, over-65, disabled veteran, surviving spouse. Permanent year-over-year savings; often bigger than any single protest.

From address to filed protest in ~10 minutes

01
Find your property
Live HCAD 2026 data. Address or 13-digit account number.
02
Answer 10 questions
Exemption status, condition issues, photos of anything that matters.
03
Review the argument
Comps, grounds, target value, estimated annual savings. Your call.
04
Download + file
Pre-filled Form 50-132 and evidence packet PDF. Print, sign, submit.

Free to use. You file and represent yourself — no agent authorization form, no contingency fees.

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