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Wyoming Lawmakers Consider Abolishing Property Taxes
Sen. Bob Ide, a Republican, advocated for the ending of all property taxes – residential, commercial, industrial and personal. Continue Reading Wyoming Lawmakers Consider Abolishing Property Taxes
Housing Inventory Surpasses 1 Million Homes for the First Time Since Winter of 2019
19.1% of listings featured reduced prices, the highest share for any May since at least 2016. Continue Reading Housing Inventory Surpasses 1 Million Homes for the First Time Since Winter of 2019
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Florida Gov. DeSantis Voices Support for Eliminating Property Taxes
“Property taxes are local, not state,” DeSantis wrote in his X response. Continue Reading Florida Gov. DeSantis Voices Support for Eliminating Property Taxes
Iowa Home Sales Up Nearly 5% in January
The median sales price remained steady at $220,000, a 2.3% increase from last year. Continue Reading Iowa Home Sales Up Nearly 5% in January
16-Unit Connecticut Multifamily Portfolio Sells for $1.55 Million
“The properties were contiguous with a 116-unit complex we had just sold for the owner in December 2024,” said National Multifamily Corp.’s Matt Cawley. Continue Reading 16-Unit Connecticut Multifamily Portfolio Sells for $1.55 Million
Most Affordable Housing Market In America
Source: 24/7 Wall St --- The housing market’s days of increasing prices every month are over. A two-year period when home prices rose by 20% each month year over year has been undermined by high mortgage rates that have doubled to about 6%. Affordability, defined...
Colorado Springs housing market sees prices drop fast
Source: Fox 31 News --- Several U.S. cities where home prices skyrocketed due to an influx of new residents during the pandemic are now seeing prices drop quickly. Real estate experts at Redfin looked at year-over-year data back in February and then again in October...
California’s housing market is cooling off faster than any other US state, even though it’s still really costly to buy a home there
Source: Insider --- Housing affordability tanked in California this year. But the state's stratospherically-high home prices have also led to it witnessing some of the biggest drops in median sale prices since much of the US housing market peaked earlier this year....
Reuters poll: U.S. house prices to fall 12% peak to trough – analysts
Source: Hellenic Shipping News --- A retreat in U.S. house prices will extend into next year, although the expected 12% peak-to-trough drop predicted by analysts polled by Reuters would be just about one-third as severe as the last market correction 15 years ago. Such...
Here’s how much US home prices will plunge in current market bubble
Source: New York Post --- US home prices will likely have to decline by as much as 20% over the course of a multi-year correction before the housing sector can get back on track with historical trends, a research firm warned this week. The most recent correction...
A controversial fix for America’s housing market: more foreclosures
Source: Insider --- How many people should lose their homes to foreclosure? In an ideal world, of course, there would be no foreclosures at all. Everyone who buys a home would get one that fits their income and needs, and people would have enough money to make their...
US home buyers in high-cost areas could soon get $1m mortgages with just a 3 percent deposit after caps for federally-backed loans raised – most Americans in less expensive areas eligible for up to $726,000
Source: Daily Mail --- More Americans will be able to obtain a $1 million mortgage than ever before, thanks to action recently taken by government agencies. The Federal Housing Finance Agency announced this week that the cap for home loans backed by Fannie Mae and...
Home prices continue decelerating across country, per new report
Source: Bankrate --- Could housing prices finally be coming back down to earth? Home-price growth continued to decelerate for the sixth straight month in September 2022. S&P CoreLogic’s latest Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price NSA Index, released November 29,...
Housing market has ‘further to fall’ as buyers walk away and sellers scramble for profit
Source: USA Today --- There's a reason sellers have had such a huge advantage over buyers over the past few years. The real estate market has lacked inventory in a very big way. Meanwhile, the supply of available homes began to dwindle at a time when mortgage...
‘Flatlined’ — or not? 5 economists and real estate pros on what will happen to the housing market next
Source: Market Watch --- The housing market is in flux. Home prices nationwide increased year-over-year by 11.4% in September 2022, according to CoreLogic. But on a month-over-month basis, home prices actually declined, dropping 0.5% from August to September of this...
