{"id":153,"date":"2026-11-04T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.peopleseliterealtygroup.com\/blog\/?p=153"},"modified":"2026-11-04T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T12:00:00","slug":"texas-homestead-exemption-needs-your-application","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.peopleseliterealtygroup.com\/blog\/2026\/11\/04\/texas-homestead-exemption-needs-your-application\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Homestead Exemption Needs Your Application"},"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\/karen-peoples\/homestead-exemption-file-remotion-videos-422e\" 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 Texas, buying a home does not automatically add a homestead exemption, so missing the filing can leave the first full-year tax bill higher.<br \/>\nThe bigger risk can come later: Texas\u2019 taxable-value cap does not start until the exemption has been in place for a full year.<br \/>\nTexas requires filing through the county office that values the home, plus updated ID showing the property address, and sets the deadline at April 30.<br \/>\nExtra Texas school-tax exemptions may apply for owners 65 or older, homeowners with disabilities, and disabled veterans; skip paid filing offers because filing is free.<br \/>\nBought recently and never filed? Texas allows late applications until two years after that tax bill was due, and overpayments are refunded automatically.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Texas, buying a home does not automatically add a homestead exemption, so missing the filing can leave the first full-year tax bill higher. The bigger risk can come later: Texas\u2019 taxable-value cap does not start until the exemption has been in place for a full year. Texas requires filing through the county office that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":306,"featured_media":154,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peopleseliterealtygroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peopleseliterealtygroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peopleseliterealtygroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peopleseliterealtygroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/306"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peopleseliterealtygroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.peopleseliterealtygroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":155,"href":"https:\/\/www.peopleseliterealtygroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153\/revisions\/155"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peopleseliterealtygroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peopleseliterealtygroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peopleseliterealtygroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peopleseliterealtygroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}