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Pending Sales for Starter Homes Up by Double Digits 

Appraisal Buzz

Not only do you have young families and investors looking at starter homes, you also have buyers who have been forced to consider less-expensive options due to near-record home prices. The price growth for the intermediate and upper price brackets was 4.6% In July, the average U.S. from the previous year. Driven by an 18.8%

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ARMs race: adjustable-rate mortgages make a comeback

Housing Wire

The difference in cash required to close a loan, the difference in loan payment based on how long borrowers plan on living in the home, and the tax write-offs based on the borrower’s tax bracket are all things loan officers will need to inform borrowers. It’s not a bad thing for borrowers, lenders, and loan investors.

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The complete guide to selling rental property in 2022

Housing Wire

Roofstock Marketplace is a platform that brings together investors, both buyers, and sellers, who want to buy or sell property with tenants. Short-term capital gains are taxed at your regular tax rate and may bump you up until the next tax bracket for higher tax rates.

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What the Biden tax plans mean for the housing market

Housing Wire

Investors in commercial estate utilize this provision to rollover capital gains from one property to a “like-kind” property.

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Is The House-Flipping Boom Over for Investors?

Listing Spark

In the past decade or so, buying a fixer-upper, updating it, and then selling it for a nice profit attracted seasoned real estate investors and newbies alike. Many professional and amateur investors wanted a piece of the quick-profit pie. Savvy investors should instead acquire more properties. And why not?

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Investment Property: How Much Can You Write Off on Your Taxes?

Zillow

There are certain things you can do as a real estate investor to help manage your tax bill and maximize your after-tax return on investment. The IRS taxes the real estate portfolios of living investors in two primary ways: income tax and capital gains tax. (A A third way, estate tax , applies only to dead investors.).

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Appraising Fixer Uppers

Appraisal Today

The terms “entrepreneurial incentive” and “entrepreneurial profit” are typically discussed in terms of investment property, but the principles involved can also be applied to the many fixer-uppers—whether the buyer is a “purely investor type” or an “owner occupied investor type.”