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The deadline
The deadline is May 15, or 30 days after your notice if that is later. HCAD had posted no 2027 date as of October 12, 2026.
Pasadena property tax protest
Protest your Pasadena property taxes for a flat $140.
Texas Property Protest is a flat-fee property tax protest service for Texas homeowners. It is provided by The Ambrose Group, a Houston firm. No contingency. No cut. The price is the same whatever the protest saves.
You're on the list. We'll email you before the 2027 notices go out.
Next, finish your sign-up on The Ambrose Group's sign-up page. If you're not taken there, use the button.
Finish your sign-up- $140 flat.
- A person at your hearing
- A service of The Ambrose Group
Which appraisal district values a Pasadena home?
The appraisal district that values a home is the one named on its notice of appraised value. The U.S. Census Bureau's 2020 place-by-county file lists Pasadena city under Harris County only. In Texas, Pasadena ISD says its district includes most of Pasadena (checked October 13, 2026).
This page uses data from the Harris Central Appraisal District (HCAD); if your notice came from another district, that district's rules apply.
Texas Property Protest is a service of The Ambrose Group, and its team files your protest and goes to the hearing.
Meet the contingency fee
Every win gets a haircut.
How does a flat fee compare with a contingency fee?
Most protest companies work on contingency. They get your value lowered, then they bill you a share of the savings.
- 25% of your savings. That's the low end.
- 40% of your savings. Two of the five firms we checked charge it.
- 50% Half of your first-year savings, at one large Texas firm.
- $140 A year. Whatever the protest saves.
Nobody can promise a reduction, including us. A real protest can save a lot, a little, or nothing. On a cut under about $560, a 25% fee costs less than our $140 a year. On the monthly plan, $180 over 12 months, the line is about $720.
Fees from each company's own website, checked September 30, 2026. Compare the fees, with every source linked.
Who files my protest?
A service of The Ambrose Group.
Texas Property Protest is run by The Ambrose Group, a Houston firm that has been appraising Texas property and protesting its taxes for more than 30 years.
Its team files your protest and goes to your hearing.
Ambrose Tax Consulting, Inc. (DBA The Ambrose Group) is licensed by TDLR to provide property tax consulting services. Daniel M. Ambrose is a licensed senior property tax consultant with TDLR, number 10992. Check it at www.tdlr.texas.gov/LicenseSearch.
We're a private company. We're not part of the Harris Central Appraisal District or any government office.
- 30+ years in Texas real estate
- 45,000 property accounts protested
- 11,693 of them represented in 2026
The flat‑fee protest
What does the flat fee cover?
One flat fee, and a real person shows up for you. One price covers the whole protest. Here's what's in it.
- We file with HCAD. Before the deadline, every year.
- We build the case. Comparable sales and the appraisal district's own records.
- A person goes to your hearing. You don't take off work or sit in a waiting room.
- You hear the result from us. We email you, and you get a letter.
- Next spring, we do it again. New value, new protest.
What it costs in Pasadena
Texas Property Protest, a service of The Ambrose Group, charges one flat fee in Pasadena.
The fee is $140 a year paid upfront, or $15 a month on a 12-month plan ($180 in total), and it renews each year.
Same price in every Texas ZIP code.
It renews each year. Monthly is a 12-month plan: cancel early and the months left on it are still due.
- Pay once Pay yearly $140 a year One payment upfront.
- Pay monthly $15 a month $180 over 12 months.
The 2026 deadline has passed, so this is the list for 2027.
Pasadena homes on HCAD's roll
On HCAD's roll, 30,474 single-family homes have a Pasadena property address.
| Figure | Value |
|---|---|
| Homes with a Pasadena property address Single-family accounts with a 2026 market value above zero; mobile homes, half-duplexes, apartments and businesses are left out. Pasadena is the city line of the property address HCAD keeps for each home, not a city limit. | 30,474 |
| Median year built The middle year built among homes with a year on the roll. | 1962 |
| Share with a homestead exemption The home carries HCAD's residential homestead exemption code. | 72 percent |
Source: Harris Central Appraisal District public property data, files dated September 20, 2026; figures are ours, of single-family home accounts.
Which districts tax Pasadena homes?
School districts
HCAD's roll shows Pasadena ISD on 79 percent of homes with a Pasadena property address. It shows Deer Park ISD on 21 percent.
| School district | Share of homes |
|---|---|
| Pasadena ISD | 79 percent |
| Deer Park ISD | 21 percent |
City taxing unit
HCAD's taxing-unit file lists the City of Pasadena as a taxing unit on 30,149 homes with a Pasadena property address, 99 percent. It also lists the City of Houston on under 1 percent and the City of South Houston on under 1 percent.
Taxing units on every home
- Harris County
- Harris County Flood Control District
- Port of Houston Authority
- Harris County Hospital District
- Harris County Department of Education
Units on some homes
| Taxing unit | Homes | Share of homes |
|---|---|---|
| San Jacinto College District | Nearly all | More than 99 percent |
| Clear Lake City Water Authority | 1,636 | 5 percent |
1 utility-type district appears on 100 or more of the 30,474 homes with a Pasadena property address.
Source: Harris Central Appraisal District public property data, files dated September 20, 2026; figures are ours, of single-family home accounts.
- School district: each home's roll row
- Taxing units: HCAD's taxing-unit file
- Units listed: 5 percent or more
- Left out: fewer than 100 homes
How a protest works with HCAD
How to file
HCAD lists three ways to file:
- Online: iFile through your owner's account
- By mail
- On paper: Form 50-132 (HCAD forms)
The hearing
The appraisal review board sends a hearing notice at least 15 days ahead (Tax Code 41.46(a)). HCAD's 2026 rules have owners check in at the registration desk on the first floor at least 15 minutes early.
Guides for each step
- How to protest in Harris County
- The Harris County protest deadline
- What happens at a protest hearing
- Protest evidence and comparables
- Should I protest my property taxes?
- Missed the protest deadline?
This outline is not legal advice.
Questions, answered straight
What does it cost?
$140 a year paid upfront, or $15 a month, which is $180 over 12 months. It renews each year. The price is the same whatever the protest saves. Monthly is a 12-month plan: cancel early and the months left on it are still due.
What if the protest saves nothing?
You still pay the flat fee. A contingency company would charge nothing that year. That's the trade: a known price instead of a share of every win.
Who files my protest?
The Ambrose Group. Texas Property Protest is a service of The Ambrose Group, and its team files your protest and goes to the hearing.
Do I have to go to the hearing?
No. A person on our team goes for you.
Can I still protest my 2026 value?
Not for 2026. The deadline was May 15, or 30 days after your notice if that came later. Joining the list now gets you in line for 2027.
Pasadena questions
Which school districts tax Pasadena homes?
HCAD's roll, in files dated September 20, 2026, shows Pasadena ISD on 79 percent of homes with a Pasadena property address. It shows Deer Park ISD on 21 percent.
Is the City of Pasadena a taxing unit on the 30,474 Pasadena homes?
Almost always on HCAD's roll. Its taxing-unit file, in files dated September 20, 2026, lists the City of Pasadena on 30,149 homes with a Pasadena property address, 99 percent. It also lists the City of Houston on under 1 percent and the City of South Houston on under 1 percent. An address line sets no city limit.
What does Pasadena mean on this page?
Pasadena here is the city line of the property address on 30,474 homes in HCAD's roll, in files dated September 20, 2026, not a boundary.
How many Pasadena homes does HCAD show?
HCAD's roll, in files dated September 20, 2026, shows 30,474 homes with a Pasadena property address, and 72 percent carry HCAD's residential homestead exemption. The neighborhoods with the most homes are codes 1524.00, 1552.01 and 1527.00.
Which ZIP codes do Pasadena homes have?
HCAD's roll, in files dated September 20, 2026, shows seven ZIP codes on 100 or more homes with a Pasadena property address: 77502, 77505, 77506, 77503, 77504, 77536 and 77587. ZIP 77502 has the most, on 27 percent.
Do utility districts tax Pasadena homes?
HCAD's roll, in files dated September 20, 2026, shows 1 utility-type district that appears on 100 or more homes with a Pasadena property address.
Source: Harris Central Appraisal District public property data, files dated September 20, 2026; figures are ours, of single-family home accounts.
ZIP codes and neighborhoods on Pasadena homes
ZIP codes
HCAD's roll shows ZIP 77502 on 27 percent of homes with a Pasadena property address. It shows ZIP 77505 on 22 percent.
| ZIP code | Share of homes |
|---|---|
| 77502 | 27 percent |
| 77505 | 22 percent |
| 77506 | 21 percent |
| 77503 | 18 percent |
| 77504 | 12 percent |
| 77536 | Under 1 percent |
| 77587 | Under 1 percent |
Also on the roll for homes with a Pasadena property address, with no count shown: 77017, 77034, 77058, 77501, 77571 and 77586.
Every HCAD neighborhood on Pasadena homes
HCAD says a neighborhood is a group of comparable properties (HCAD data definitions), and its roll shows 141 neighborhood codes on homes with a Pasadena property address. A home count is shown for the 69 with 100 or more homes, and the HCAD code tells rows with the same name apart.
Showing 12 of 141 neighborhoods.
| HCAD neighborhood name | HCAD code | Homes with a Pasadena address |
|---|---|---|
| Red Bluff Terrace Sec. 1-7 | 1524.00 | 1,738 |
| Stadium Estates 2/Clearbrook/Sherwood and others | 1552.01 | 1,303 |
| Bennett Estates and Tanglebriar | 1527.00 | 1,253 |
| Pasadena Gardens and Revelon Terrace | 1522.00 | 1,053 |
| W Jackson Place/Sinco Court/Westover and others | 1511.00 | 942 |
| Baywood Oaks and others | 1906.08 | 931 |
| Parkgate Sec. 1-4 | 1602.00 | 909 |
| Village Grove | 1901.00 | 905 |
| Parkview Manor/Rayburn HGTS | 1566.00 | 797 |
| Shaver Place and Frontier East | 1550.00 | 735 |
| Burke Meadows and Parkland Village | 1605.00 | 732 |
| Greater Pasadena Heights/S. Side Place | 1520.00 | 681 |
| Deepwater Addition and Deepwater Terrace | 1882.00 | 655 |
| Bliss Meadows Sec. 1-3 and Country Briar | 1593.00 | 651 |
| Fairmont Estates 3-4, Fairmont Heights, and Fairway Place | 1595.00 | 542 |
| South Pasadena Villas | 1549.00 | 504 |
| Southmore Plaza/Firwood Village | 1540.00 | 488 |
| Vince Heights 3-5, Locklaine, Fenwood | 1545.00 | 487 |
| Marlen Terrace / Kingston Place / Eastraven and others | 1532.00 | 477 |
| Berkshire Village 1 and 2 | 1883.00 | 474 |
| Parkview South Sec. 1-7 | 1604.00 | 472 |
| Parkwood 1-3 | 1900.00 | 460 |
| Pasadena Oaks Sec. 2-3 and Campbell's Little Farm | 1543.00 | 458 |
| Vince Heights 6, Skylark Terrace and others | 1571.00 | 449 |
| Strawberry Hill Sec. 1-6 | 1553.00 | 438 |
| Baywood Oaks West Sec. 3, 4, 5, 6 | 1595.04 | 375 |
| Vince Heights 1 and 2 and Pasadena Oaks | 1543.01 | 362 |
| Park Ridge Estates and Burkshire | 1604.01 | 360 |
| Kingsdale Addition | 1560.00 | 357 |
| Turner Subdivision | 1516.00 | 338 |
| Parkway Trails Sec. 1-5 | 1904.01 | 331 |
| Tarrytown and T E Williams | 1567.00 | 328 |
| Sha-D-Ree, Palos Verde, and Vista Villas Sec. 3-6 | 1589.00 | 324 |
| Village Grove Estates 1 | 1901.04 | 314 |
| Parkview Estates Sec. 1-4 | 1565.00 | 309 |
| Fieldcrest, Preston Manor, Martindale | 1561.00 | 239 |
| Independence Place and Fairmont Meadows | 1597.00 | 233 |
| Spencer Highway Gardens | 1559.00 | 231 |
| Twin Villas at Red Bluff | 1916.00 | 227 |
| Strawberry Glen and Travis Estates | 1652.00 | 226 |
| Huntington Addition Sec. 1-3 | 1591.00 | 214 |
| Alta Vista Acres | 1587.00 | 204 |
| H.A. Paine Sec. 1,2 | 1535.00 | 193 |
| Cresthaven Estates | 1902.00 | 191 |
| Preston Trails and Preston Trails S. | 1600.01 | 189 |
| Bowling Green 1 and 2 | 1867.00 | 188 |
| Bramley/Spencer Village | 1878.00 | 186 |
| Vince Bayou/Sunny Slope | 1536.00 | 185 |
| Satsuma Heights and Place, Preston Villa | 1528.00 | 182 |
| Parkway Trails Villas | 1904.02 | 179 |
| Mount Vernon | 1577.00 | 169 |
| Pasadena Place, Pasadena Terrace, Pank and Cruse | 1513.00 | 159 |
| Westside Court and Village, Center Place | 1569.00 | 158 |
| Parkgate North | 1599.00 | 154 |
| Santorini Estates 1 | 1903.01 | 153 |
| Browning Sec. 1-3, PTL RP 2, | 1904.00 | 150 |
| San Augustine Estates | 1890.00 | 144 |
| Fairmont/Genoa (W of Allen Genoa) | 1504.02 | 141 |
| Turtle Creek Sec. 1,2,3 | 1903.03 | 140 |
| Park Brothers | 1514.00 | 134 |
| San Augustine Townhomes | 1526.01 | 133 |
| Village Grove East Townhomes (Deer Park) | 1901.06 | 121 |
| Whitney Estates 1-3 | 1597.01 | 114 |
| Rancho Vista Sec. 1 and Vista Villas Sec. 1,2 | 1588.00 | 108 |
| Bowling Green Townhomes | 1866.01 | 105 |
| Blue Grass Estates 1 and 2 | 1869.00 | 105 |
| Alta Vista Terrace | 1568.00 | 104 |
| Birnham Woods 1 (TH) | 1647.00 | 104 |
| Pineswept and PT Houston Sub Estates | 1557.00 | 100 |
| Anthony Lane | 1601.00 | No count shown |
| Armandwilde Townhomes | 3074.00 | No count shown |
| Beaussire and Replat | 1590.00 | No count shown |
| Berkshire Park and Glenmore | 1894.00 | No count shown |
| Beverly Court/Blackwell/Glasgow | 1508.00 | No count shown |
| Buena Vista Townhomes | 1589.02 | No count shown |
| Cedar Lawn Circle | 1905.00 | No count shown |
| Christa Country | 1572.00 | No count shown |
| Columbian Village | 1903.04 | No count shown |
| Deer Creek/ Split Jur Sub | 1656.00 | No count shown |
| Deer Creek/ Split Jur Sub | 1915.00 | No count shown |
| Deer Meadows 1,2,3/Others | 1863.00 | No count shown |
| Destiny Subdivision | 1898.05 | No count shown |
| El Jardin #1,2,3 | 2999.00 | No count shown |
| Eula Avenue | 1592.02 | No count shown |
| Fairmont Gardens Patio Homes and Fox Meadow Place | 1653.03 | No count shown |
| Fairmont M/R | 1504.00 | No count shown |
| Fairmont Townhomes | 1608.00 | No count shown |
| Fairmont/Genoa (E of Allen Genoa) | 1505.02 | No count shown |
| Fox Hollow | 1607.01 | No count shown |
| Frank Holton | 1879.00 | No count shown |
| Freedom Place | 1587.01 | No count shown |
| Golden Acres | 1558.00 | No count shown |
| Golden Acres Annex | 1592.00 | No count shown |
| Grunewold Acres and others | 1562.02 | No count shown |
| Hampton Court | 1648.00 | No count shown |
| Hidden Cove | 1588.10 | No count shown |
| Kimberly Park | 1554.02 | No count shown |
| Kirby Lake | 3028.02 | No count shown |
| Laurynnbrook Park | 1914.00 | No count shown |
| Leisure Court Townhomes | 1657.00 | No count shown |
| Leprechaun ST and Caliva Farms | 1646.02 | No count shown |
| M/R (S of 225) | 1899.00 | No count shown |
| Magnolia Courts | 1509.00 | No count shown |
| Meadow Woods (Patio) | 1526.02 | No count shown |
| Merilyn Place 1-2/Merilyn Plaza 3-4/So.Houston Terrace | 1578.00 | No count shown |
| Merilyn Plaza Sec. 1,2 and Wofford Homesites | 1573.00 | No count shown |
| Mount Vernon Townhomes | 1576.00 | No count shown |
| Nantucket Hideaway and Nantucket Place | 1889.06 | No count shown |
| Oakhaven Townhomes U/R | 2121.00 | No count shown |
| Oleander | 1521.01 | No count shown |
| Parkwood Estates Sec. 4 | 1525.00 | No count shown |
| Pasadena River Oaks | 1903.00 | No count shown |
| Pitts and others | 1509.01 | No count shown |
| Queens Court 1 | 1646.00 | No count shown |
| Queens M/R | 1502.00 | No count shown |
| Rayburn Park and Cherrybrook Village | 1563.00 | No count shown |
| Rayburn Place Townhomes | 1566.01 | No count shown |
| Red Bluff M/R | 1503.00 | No count shown |
| Reno Village | 1592.01 | No count shown |
| San Jacinto Terrace | 1510.00 | No count shown |
| Satsuma Provenir | 1530.00 | No count shown |
| Shadow Lawn | 1538.00 | No count shown |
| Shaver Landing | 1658.00 | No count shown |
| Simway Place (Flynn ST.) | 1555.01 | No count shown |
| South Pasadena and South Pasadena Plaza | 1872.00 | No count shown |
| Summer Meadows Sec. 1,2 | 1655.00 | No count shown |
| Summer Meadows Townhomes | 1655.01 | No count shown |
| Sunrise Meadows | 1654.00 | No count shown |
| Tanglebriar Village | 1884.00 | No count shown |
| Tealway M/H | 1607.00 | No count shown |
| Terreno Vista Townhomes | 1589.04 | No count shown |
| Village at the Park | 1653.00 | No count shown |
| Village at the Park Townhomes | 1657.02 | No count shown |
| Village Grove East Townhomes (La Porte) | 2121.02 | No count shown |
| Vince M/R | 1501.00 | No count shown |
| Vista Oaks 1, 2, 3 | 1588.02 | No count shown |
| Vista Park Patio Homes | 1589.06 | No count shown |
| W.Side Man 1-4/E.Side Man 1,2 | 1889.00 | No count shown |
| Willow Oaks Townhomes | 1533.00 | No count shown |
| Willow Vista Townhomes | 1589.01 | No count shown |
| Windward View Sec. 1,2 | 1564.00 | No count shown |
No neighborhood matches that. Try part of the name.
Source: Harris Central Appraisal District public property data, files dated September 20, 2026; figures are ours, of single-family home accounts.
Names are HCAD's, in readable case. In these 141 names, a few abbreviations are spelled out and the rest stay as HCAD prints them.
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