Terrell · Kaufman County · The McDonald Group
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Licensed local Realtors serving Terrell, honest pricing guidance, professional marketing, and listing options that fit how much help you actually want.
Licensed local Realtors serving Terrell, honest pricing guidance, professional marketing, and listing options that fit how much help you actually want.
Corridors, build era, and taxing boundaries shape what you can buy in Terrell and what it costs to hold.
Terrell sits where US 80 and I-20 come together in eastern Kaufman County, and it was laid out in 1873 when the Texas and Pacific Railway crossed the area. Two National Register historic districts hold much of the 1880s and 1890s housing, including large Victorian era homes along Griffith Avenue. During World War II the No. 1 British Flying Training School trained Royal Air Force cadets at the airfield here, and a museum on that history still operates in town. Terrell ISD covers the city.
Terrell sits in Kaufman County, where the combined property tax rate runs about 1.92 percent of market value for the 2025 tax year, ranging 1.75 to 2.25 percent depending on the school district. On a $350,000 home with a homestead exemption that works out to roughly $428 a month. The Texas homestead exemption reduces only the school district portion, not the county or city portion, which is the detail most online estimates miss.
Taxes and insurance are a large share of a monthly payment in Texas, so a national mortgage estimate will understate what a Terrell home actually costs to hold.
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