What happened to Dallas home values after the April notices: 2026

What changed between notice and certification

About 1 in 6 Dallas homes had its market value reduced between the April 2026 notice and the certified roll: 110,980 of 648,911 homes (17.1%).

$4.6 billion in residential value came off between notice and certification: $305.3 billion to $300.6 billion, a 1.5% drop.

Among homes that were reduced, the typical reduction was $19,590, or 4.3% of the home’s value.

Higher-value homes were far more likely to be reduced

Owners of homes over $530K were about four times as likely to see a reduction as owners of homes under $212K.

What this does and doesn’t show

A lower certified value can come from a formal protest, an informal settlement, or a correction by the appraisal district. This data cannot separate them, so these figures are not protest success rates.

Method

Source: Dallas Central Appraisal District 2026 residential data. April notice values compared with the certified roll as of September 15, 2026. Covers about 95% of residential accounts; DCAD’s certified data file omits about 34,000 accounts that appeared in the April data.

The table’s share-reduced figures exclude about 3,500 homes in neighborhoods the district revalued as a whole; with those excluded the countywide share is 16.7%.

Typical reductions are medians across all reduced homes. Analysis by Property Tax Examiner Editorial Team.

Verification receipt: Verified by Property Tax Examiner Editorial Team on October 2, 2026. Analysis queries were run October 1–2, 2026, with loaded values spot-checked against dallascad.org on October 2. Source files: DCAD2026_CURRENT.ZIP (files dated September 15, 2026) and the DCAD 2026 proposed-value files loaded April 2026. Workpaper reference: Dallas_2026_Notice_vs_Certified_Workpaper.md, queries Q1–Q3, data-platform load_id 12.

What’s next

2027 appraisal notices arrive in April. The protest deadline is typically May 15 or 30 days after the notice, whichever is later.