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McALLEN - Home values in Cameron County more than doubled over a six-year period, and property tax bills are going up along with it, according to research from the Texas Real Estate Research Center at Texas A&M University.

SpaceX's arrival in 2014 has led to the area's rapid rise in wealth, which researchers suspect also contributed to the rise in property values.