HB 4239 & SB 2203: The Texas Title Insurance Monopoly

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Testimony on HB 4239 and SB 2203 by Bill Peacock

Increasing Property Tax Transparency

Chairman Bettencourt and Members of the Committee: My name is Talmadge Heflin, and I am the director of the Center for Fiscal Policy at the Texas Public Policy Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, non-partisan free market think tank based here in Austin. Thank you for inviting me to give testimony on increasing transparency of local property...

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A Housing Harbinger

The following commentary is published on Thursdays as part of TPPF’s subscriber-only newsletter The Post. If you would like to subscribe to The Post, click here. Housing affordability in Texas is reaching a crisis, if it’s not already here. In a new TPPF/WPAi poll, 83% of Texans say there is currently an affordability crisis in the...

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Paths to Reducing the Excessive Property Tax Burden in Texas

Texas looks to have at least the 7th highest local property tax burden in the nation. This is according to an effective property tax rate of 1.81% per WalletHub.com or the share of property taxes paid to owner- occupied housing value of 1.69% per the Tax Foundation. While some claim this high burden is because...

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