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A property tax reckoning is coming

Housing Wire

The culprit is property tax bills, which arrived on April 1, bearing property tax increases driven by fast-rising home prices. In Spokane, the average property tax bill has risen from about $2,500 in 2019 to about $3,000 in 2021, tax assessment data shows. No one knows how this will all play out.”.

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Top markets for affordable renovated housing inventory

Housing Wire

home price increase translated into a monthly mortgage payment of $1,179 on a median-priced home — not including property taxes and insurance. Renovated Inventory to the Rescue. On average, the price of the renovated properties was 3.5 Top Markets for Renovated Inventory. Among 75 U.S. in Cincinnati to 4.4

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CFPB proposes rule to bolster PACE loan borrower protections

Housing Wire

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced on Monday a proposed rule that seeks to bolster consumer protections for borrowers seeking Property Assessed Clean Energy ( PACE ) financing for home renovations. We are proposing new rules that would require sensible safeguards on these clean energy loans.”

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Credit union trade group backs proposed CFPB rules on PACE loans

Housing Wire

The Credit Union National Association (CUNA) late last week released two comment letters expressing the association’s agreement with proposed rules on bolstering borrower protections for Property Assessed Clean Energy ( PACE ) financing for home renovations.

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Real estate on the ballot: Here’s what passed at the state level

Housing Wire

The passing of Proposition 19 in California overhauls Proposition 13, which slashed property taxes by almost 60% in 1978. Now, eligible homeowners may transfer their tax assessments anywhere within the state – including the ability to transfer tax assessments to a more expensive home with an upward adjustment.

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Affordable housing inventory is limited due to foreclosure prevention efforts

Housing Wire

That key source of affordable housing inventory: distressed properties sold to third-party buyers or repossessed by lenders at foreclosure auction. Once the transfer of ownership occurs at foreclosure auction, a distressed property can be renovated and returned to the retail market as affordable housing for homeowners or renters. “[I

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The share of owner-occupants buying foreclosures has doubled — here’s why

Housing Wire

Meanwhile, innovation-driven transparency is helping to make distressed property auctions more accessible for these owner-occupant buyers as well as for local community developer buyers who, it turns out, sell most of their renovated foreclosures to owner-occupants.