{"id":160,"date":"2026-10-26T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texaspropertiesbylucy.com\/blog\/?p=160"},"modified":"2026-10-26T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T10:00:00","slug":"texas-tax-ceilings-transfer-as-percentages-looking-for-a-realtor-you-can-trust-lets-make-your-next-move-with-confidence-committed-to-service-driven-by-integrity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texaspropertiesbylucy.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/26\/texas-tax-ceilings-transfer-as-percentages-looking-for-a-realtor-you-can-trust-lets-make-your-next-move-with-confidence-committed-to-service-driven-by-integrity\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Tax Ceilings Transfer as Percentages | Looking for a REALTOR\u00ae you can trust? Let&#8217;s make your next move with confidence. Committed to Service. Driven by Integrity."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-zmyer\">\n<div class=\"video-frame-zmyer\">\n        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.roomvu.com\/agent\/embed\/lucy-alvarez\/texas-retirees-tax-remotion-videos-75f6\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><br \/>\n        <\/iframe>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"video-description-zmyer\">\n<p>In 2026, qualifying Texas homeowners age 65+ or disabled get a $60K school exemption, added to the state&#039;s $140K general homestead exemption.<br \/>\nThe ceiling generally keeps school district taxes at the first qualifying year&#039;s level, even as appraisals change; other local taxes depend on separate adopted ceilings.<br \/>\nMoving within Texas transfers the benefit as a percentage, not the old dollar cap: a 25% prior ratio makes a new $6K school bill $1.5K.<br \/>\nA surviving spouse can keep the school tax ceiling if at least 55 when the owner died and the home remains that spouse&#039;s homestead.<br \/>\nBefore moving, contact both Texas appraisal districts, request the ceiling certificate, confirm homestead and age-65 qualification, and do not assume closing paperwork completed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2026, qualifying Texas homeowners age 65+ or disabled get a $60K school exemption, added to the state&#039;s $140K general homestead exemption. The ceiling generally keeps school district taxes at the first qualifying year&#039;s level, even as appraisals change; other local taxes depend on separate adopted ceilings. Moving within Texas transfers the benefit as a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":404,"featured_media":161,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texaspropertiesbylucy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texaspropertiesbylucy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texaspropertiesbylucy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texaspropertiesbylucy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texaspropertiesbylucy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=160"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.texaspropertiesbylucy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":162,"href":"https:\/\/www.texaspropertiesbylucy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160\/revisions\/162"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texaspropertiesbylucy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texaspropertiesbylucy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texaspropertiesbylucy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texaspropertiesbylucy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}