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How will California’s Proposition 19 impact property taxes?

Housing Wire

A slim majority of California residents voted in favor of Proposition 19 on Election Day, green-lighting a motion that gives new property tax breaks to older homeowners while increasing property taxes for those inheriting their parents’ or grandparents’ properties. Presented by: CoreLogic.

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Homeowners are staying in place twice as long as they did 20 years ago: Redfin

Housing Wire

were 65 and older as of 2020, up from 13% in 2010,” the report reads. Homeowner tenure is projected to remain flat, but a larger share of homeowners remaining in place is also contributing to an inventory shortage, according to the report. Older generations have an outsized level of influence over the U.S.

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Why owning a home is the best hedge against inflation

Housing Wire

On top of all that, since inventory is at all-time lows, it’s been harder and harder for first-time homebuyers to win some bids because they don’t have more money to bring into the bidding process. Yes, your property tax or insurance might go up, but the mortgage payment is generally fixed.

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Why owning a home is the best hedge against inflation

Housing Wire

On top of all that, since inventory is at all-time lows, it’s been harder and harder for first-time homebuyers to win some bids because they don’t have more money to bring into the bidding process. Yes, your property tax or insurance might go up, but the mortgage payment is generally fixed.

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Mortgage rates continue to climb beyond 7%

Housing Wire

At today’s rate, the monthly cost to purchase a home totals about $2,400, not including property taxes and insurance, a 17% increase from a year ago. We could see monthly sales fall to 2010 or 2011 levels when the market was recovering from the free fall after the housing bubble.”

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The Proposed NYC "Pied-A-Terre Tax" Looks Catastrophic to NYC Real Estate

Miller Samuel

Much of this speculation is being driven by two factors: sparse supply, due to the absorption of the inventory left over from the last boom, and fast-rising prices. I am merely interpreting what I think are the critical issues established this proposed tax. And it is a marginal rate tax - only the amount above each threshold is taxed.

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CAN HOUSING SHORTAGE CATCH UP TO EASTSIDE DEMAND?

Will Springer Realtor

Kitsap County had the fewest number of units built per household formed between 2010 and 2020 (0.55). ” The increased number of listings and slight slow-down of the market have helped boost inventory numbers. Inventories rose in the past month across the county (0.8 with annual property taxes at, gulp! , $233,383!