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How will California’s Proposition 19 impact property taxes?

Housing Wire

A slim majority of California residents voted in favor of Proposition 19 on Election Day, green-lighting a motion that gives new property tax breaks to older homeowners while increasing property taxes for those inheriting their parents’ or grandparents’ properties. Presented by: CoreLogic.

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Trade groups want these reforms to reduce property tax foreclosures

Housing Wire

Unpaid property tax debts are leading to preventable foreclosures , with the greatest impacts on Black and Latino households and older homeowners living on fixed incomes. But if states take proactive measures to reform policies and disclosures around tax foreclosures, this could go a long way to prevent unnecessary home displacements.

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MBA sees risk in new Florida law that gives first-lien priority to PACE loans

Housing Wire

The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) this week detailed its reasons for opposing a bill in the state of Florida designed “to expand projects eligible for residential Property Assessed Clean Energy ( PACE ) financing,” which was recently signed into law by Gov. Ron DeSantis. The Florida Legislature and Gov.

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Mayor who recommended reverse mortgages calls comments ‘regrettable’

Housing Wire

As those on a fixed income continue to wrestle with rising property taxes , the mayor of South Portland, Maine , recently recommended that area seniors explore reverse mortgages as a potential option to add financial flexibility. It was an inappropriate remark that arose from my long experience as an elder law attorney.

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Congress should adopt mortgage interest tax credit: CHLA

Housing Wire

The eligible deduction was lowered from total mortgage balances of $1 million under prior law to $750,000. The 2017 law also made interest from home equity loans non-deductible except for when the money is applied to home improvements or renovations.

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Can the National Bank Act be Preempted by State Law? 

Appraisal Buzz

On May 30, 2024, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) issued its opinion on a matter of far-reaching consequence—whether the National Bank Act preempts a New York State consumer financial law requiring payment of interest on mortgage escrow accounts in the case of Cantero v. Bank of Am., LEXIS 2367.

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All the ways the wildfires could make LA housing more expensive

Housing Wire

And landlords are already smelling an opportunity to raise list prices, despite laws designed to prevent that. Property taxes accrue even if the home is destroyed Property taxes are a major expense for Los Angeles homeowners, and those taxes still accrue even if the land doesnt have a home to live in.