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Chief appraiser: Dallas County sees modest 2026 market growth; exemptions shift $4 billion in taxable value
Summary
Dallas Central Appraisal District chief appraiser Shane Dougherty told the Commissioners Court that residential market values are flat to low single‑digit growth while taxable values rose modestly due to homestead and circuit‑breaker recalculations; a new $125,000 business‑personal property exemption will shift roughly $4 billion in taxable value away from small businesses.
Shane Dougherty, chief appraiser and executive director of the Dallas Central Appraisal District, told the Dallas County Commissioners Court that 2026 reappraisal work shows generally modest market growth but meaningful effects from statutory exemptions.
"The good news is, you know, we're in the best county in the country," Dougherty said in his presentation to the court, summarizing his office's review of residential and commercial values across Dallas County. He said residential market values were "flat to slightly up and slightly down" in many neighborhoods and that about 40% of the residential file was targeted for reappraisal this year.
Why it matters: although market values are largely stable, taxable values can move differently. Dougherty explained that homestead caps (which limit how much a homesteaded home's taxable value…
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