Appraisal Buzz

JANUARY 28, 2025

The recent climb in rates could stifle buyer demand once again, making for a bumpy start to 2025. When adjusting for cost of living, these 10 areas not only have inexpensive property listings, but they also have reasonably high salaries for those in the prime 2534 age bracket for first-time homebuying.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 24, 2025

Dan McCue, a researcher with JCHS, says the overarching theme of the 2025 report is uncertainty, whether it be on federal funding for housing assistance programs or the direction of interest rates. JCHS notes that for the lowest income bracket, median housing costs rose 4% while incomes declined 9% between 2013 and 2023.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 24, 2024

It depends on an individual’s tax bracket and their priorities, but there are several options for higher-net-worth individuals,” Resch said. But the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) is also scheduled to sunset at the end of 2025 unless Congress acts to either extend or replace it.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 20, 2024

The Community Home Lenders of America (CHLA) is calling on both houses of Congress to adopt a mortgage interest credit as the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) is currently set to expire in 2025. This is according to a letter the organization submitted to leaders in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S.

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Housing Wire

MAY 30, 2025

reported taking on projects to facilitate a customers aging-in-place goals, according to findings from the National Association of Home Builders ‘ (NAHB) Q1 2025 Remodeling Market Index (RMI). Those in the 45-to-54 year bracket accounted for only 15%, while those 44 and under had shares of 2% to 5%.

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Lamacchia Realty

APRIL 7, 2025

PRICE ADJUSTMENTS IN SOUTH FLORIDA RISE RAPIDLY - 2025 The South Florida real estate market is feeling more pain as the market continues to slow, particularly with condos. As shown in the chart below, February 2025 saw the highest percentage of active listings with price adjustments than in the past six years.

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Appraisal Buzz

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Moreover, a majority of Americans (27%) from all income brackets, including the mass affluent and above, reported that they have been compelled to set up a payment plan or other arrangement in order to help with making monthly payments. This is why industry estimates call for a robust 2025 with $2 trillion in expected mortgage originations.”

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Realtor

JUNE 30, 2025

Top reasons to sell an investment property in 2025 If you’re wondering whether now is the right time to sell your investment property, 2025 offers several compelling reasons to consider cashing out. It’s a tax liability Owning property, even as an investment, can bump you up a tax bracket.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Our best guess is that any changes to the commission structure are more of a mid-year second half type of event that doesn’t really start to show in the numbers until 2025,” Tomasello said. The good news is that we can bracket the financial impact and they can absorb it, and I think that’s good news.

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Lamacchia Realty

JUNE 17, 2025

This year began with 5,928 homes on the market on January 15, 2025, but by May 31, inventory almost doubled to nearly 11,000 and is on the road rising above 15,000 homes for sale by fall. See the chart below or check out our Real Estate Updates Page to see how inventory has increased week over week throughout 2025 compared to prior years.

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Birmingham Appraisal

MAY 7, 2025

Feature bracketing No pool comps closed? Compare April 2025 to April 2024, not to January 2025. Every Listing Appointment (10min prep) Pull the five freshest pendings that bracket your property. If pendings are 3% higher, you can show upward pressuregreat ammo for your list price. Q : Is there a seasonality factor?

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Appraisal Today

JULY 11, 2025

Newz: Hidden AMC fees, Appraisal Subcommitee Cutbacks, Highest and Best Use July 11, 2025 What’s in This Newsletter (In Order, Scroll Down) LIA AD: Borrower Wants Answers Appraiser Can’t Give What is Highest and Best Use in Appraisal? Some appraisers solve the problem by Bracketing the Sales Price. Appraisal By Kevin Hecht Purple Rain!

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Lamacchia Realty

APRIL 7, 2025

PRICE DECREASES IN SOUTH FLORIDA CONTINUE TO RISE - 2025 The South Florida real estate market is feeling more pain as the market continues to slow, particularly with condos. As shown in the chart below, February 2025 saw the highest percentage of active listings with price adjustments than in the past six years.

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Housing Wire

MAY 19, 2021

There was also no mention of changes to individual provisions (including the lowered MID cap and the SALT limitation) from the TCJA that will sunset after 2025. No changes were proposed for the capital gains exclusion on primary residences. As part of the AJP, the administration is proposing to invest $213 billion in affordable housing.

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Appraisal Today

MAY 30, 2025

Newz: PAVE Problems, Outdated Mortgage Regulations May 30, 2025 Whats in This Newsletter (In Order, Scroll Down) LIA ad: Should I Complete this Assignment? Feature bracketing No pool comps closed? In the January, 2025 issue of Appraisal Today Excerpts: Finally appraisers are meeting face to face in classes, meetings, conferences, etc.

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Appraisal Today

JUNE 6, 2025

Rather than inserting a wild guess—“$12,000 for not being next to Bill’s Burgers” (featuring the onion burger)—you may instead rank the comps and use bracketing to support your conclusion. Then layer in qualitative reasoning where the numbers fall short, using bracketing and ranked comparison to reinforce your judgment.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

One in four Americans in the 65-and-over age bracket remain in the workforce, and more plan to rejoin it at some point in 2025 for a variety of reasons including rising costs, boredom and job satisfaction. This is according to a survey conducted by ResumeTemplates.com. The survey, conducted in January among 1,000 U.S.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 23, 2025

Sotheby’s International Realty released its 2025 Luxury Outlook report on Thursday. Home sales in the “upper brackets” of the market reportedly perform better than average-priced homes. Still, Sotheby’s expects international investors to return to the market in 2025 as U.S. inventory levels stabilize.

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Housing Wire

MAY 13, 2025

This draft language preserves or strengthens a raft of provisions vital to housing affordability, including making the current lower income tax brackets permanent, said Shannon McGahn, executive vice president and chief advocacy officer at the National Association of Realtors (NAR). With real estate accounting for nearly one-fifth of the U.S.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 17, 2025

That marks the slowest annual growth rate since September 2023 and is a steep drop from the 5% to 6% increases seen in late 2024 and early 2025. This compares to 27% of the 35-to-54 age bracket and 32% of those 55 and older. The median U.S. home sale price rose 2.5% year over year in March to $431,057, according to Redfin.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

If one would normally pay 20% based upon their tax bracket, they will pay 10% instead. This would be a temporary solution, from Q2 2025 to Q4 2026. What if, for a window of time, the United States reduced the capital gains tax on the sale of investment properties by half? Under this plan, that would drop to 7.5%.

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Appraisal Today

DECEMBER 13, 2024

If they don’t hit the sales price by bracketing, they will throw out a lower sale and go get a higher one. Mortgage rates expected to remain elevated The forecast projects that mortgage rates will remain little changed in 2025 despite Trumps promise on the campaign trail to cut home loan interest rates to 3% or lower.

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