Ohio’s governor and attorney general have respectively launched property tax reform initiatives that are designed to quell the growing discontent regarding how property owners are being taxed. Gov. Mike DeWine announced the formation of his Property Tax Reform Working...
Gavin Newsom’s long-distance grant funding, a data access deal with three major MLSs, and investors hogging the homebuying market. From the wild and wooly world of real estate, here are our Hits and Misses for the week of July 7-11. Miss: Greetings from South...
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear announced the state’s property tax rate has been lowered for the fifth consecutive year. The real state real property tax rate has been reduced from 10.9 cents to 10.6 cents per $100 assessed value. In a statement, Beshear said, “Right now,...
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) has introduced the No Tax on Home Sales Act, which is designed to eliminate the federal capital gains tax on the sale of primary residences. Greene noted the IRS allows an exclusion of up to $250,000 ($500,000 for joint filers) in...
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), in partnership with the Office of Management and Budget, announced the Biden-era Property Appraisal and Valuation Equity (PAVE) task force that was created to eliminate bias in home appraisals. In a statement...
The homebuilder Del Webb, a PulteGroup Inc. (NYSE: PHM) brand, has broken ground on a new 55+ community in the Austin suburb of Bastrop, Texas. Del Webb Lost Pines will be located within The Colony, a master-planned community. The first phase of construction will...
