Complete guide to protesting your Bexar County property taxes in 2027. Beat the Bexar Appraisal District with comparable sales evidence. Covers San Antonio, Converse, Universal City, and all Bexar County cities.
The Bexar Appraisal District (commonly called Bexar CAD) is responsible for valuing all real and personal property in Bexar County as of January 1st each year. Like all Texas appraisal districts, Bexar CAD uses computer-assisted mass appraisal (CAMA) — applying statistical regression models to groups of similar properties across the county. San Antonio's real estate market has diverse submarkets: from established neighborhoods on the north side with high price points, to affordable south-side communities, to rapidly developing areas along the 1604 loop and beyond. CAMA models applied to this diverse market inevitably misvalue many individual properties. The good news: if your assessed value exceeds what your home would actually sell for, you have a legally valid protest.
The Bexar Appraisal District typically mails Notices of Appraised Value in April. Your protest deadline is the later of May 17, 2027, or 30 days from the mailing date printed on your notice. San Antonio is Texas's second-largest city — Bexar CAD processes a high volume of protests, and informal hearing slots fill up. File as early as possible after receiving your notice.
San Antonio's real estate market appreciated steadily through 2021-2022, though less dramatically than Dallas, Austin, or Houston. The city's large military presence (Joint Base San Antonio is one of the largest in the country) and steady employment base provided a floor under values even as other Texas markets corrected. However, rapid new construction on the city's edges has created buyer alternatives that put downward pressure on established neighborhood values. If you own a home in an older San Antonio neighborhood competing with new construction, your resale value may be lower than BCAD's model suggests.
Bexar CAD informal hearings follow the same framework as all Texas districts: you present evidence, the appraiser reviews it, and they have authority to reduce your value on the spot. Comparable sales are the most persuasive evidence at every Texas appraisal district.
TaxAppeal prepares protest kits for all Bexar County property owners — including San Antonio (all zip codes), Converse, Universal City, Schertz (Bexar County portions), Live Oak, Windcrest, Kirby, Leon Valley, Balcones Heights, Alamo Heights, Terrell Hills, Olmos Park, Hill Country Village, Shavano Park, Castle Hills, Hollywood Park, Grey Forest, Helotes, and all unincorporated Bexar County areas.
San Antonio contingency fee protest firms typically charge 25–40% of first-year savings. On a $1,500 annual tax reduction — a realistic outcome for a median Bexar County home — that's $375–$600 in fees per year. Over five years with annual re-filing, you'd pay $1,875–$3,000 in fees. TaxAppeal charges $89 flat per filing. Five years of TaxAppeal costs $395 total. The math is straightforward.
We check first. If an appeal will lower your bill, we mail you a ready-to-sign kit for $89 flat. You sign it and mail it, and you keep 100% of your savings.
TaxAppeal USA is a self-service document-preparation service. We prepare a ready-to-sign appeal kit and mail it to you; you sign it and mail it to the county yourself. In every state we serve, including Florida, we are not property tax consultants, agents, or representatives, we do not provide tax or legal advice, and we do not file appeals or represent customers before any appraisal district, board of assessors, board of equalization, value adjustment board, or review board. Every appeal, protest and petition is prepared for the property owner, signed by the owner, and mailed by the owner in the owner’s name. In Florida your petition is signed by you as the property owner under section 194.011(3), Florida Statutes, and the county’s Value Adjustment Board filing fee is paid by you directly to the county. TaxAppeal USA does not sign as your representative, does not appear before the Board, and does not present evidence or argument at a hearing.