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County appraiser reports 310 building permits year-to-date, 52 new dwellings; sets preliminary agricultural land values
Summary
Dickinson County appraiser reported 310 active building permits (including 52 new dwellings), presented sales validation figures, and proposed per-acre market values for dry, grass and irrigated land as part of the 2026 valuation process.
Dickinson County’s appraiser updated the commission on valuation and permitting activity, telling the board that staff began processing building permits and appraisals and have 310 permits in the system, including 52 permits for new dwellings.
The appraisal office reported 436 sales submissions through Aug. 31 and that 190 of those sales had been validated so far for inclusion in valuation studies. The appraiser said neighborhood and market analyses have been completed for residential, manufactured home and commercial depreciations and that preliminary per-acre market values for 2026 are set at $3,300 for dry land, $2,600 for grassland and $4,000 for irrigated acre.
The appraiser noted these values will be reviewed by the state property valuation division (PVD); staff are ahead of the PVD calendar and expect to begin updating models and issuing valuation guidance in November. The office also reported that 52 new dwelling permits are on record across the county with concentrations in the north (27) and south (8) areas, plus duplexes and other units in Abilene, Harrington and Sullivan.
The appraiser said the office is monitoring outlier sale prices (for example, high-priced recreational parcels) and excluding anomalous transactions from market studies to avoid artificially inflating assessed values. The commission thanked the appraiser for the update and asked staff to provide a numeric summary of new houses and valuations for commission review at a future meeting.
