Alert: 6% purchaser should file ATI discount paperwork at tax assessor before January 30 each year. Recommend the 6% purchaser obtain legal/tax counsel asap. There is a court case on this issue that may alleviate this issue in the future, but not now. To learn more about 6% ATI assessable transfer of interest discount form,… Continue Reading 6% ATI January 30 Deadline
https://magazine.realtor/daily-news/2020/01/29/hud-offers-guidance-to-sniff-out-fake-assistance-animal-requests?AdobeAnalytics=ed_rid%3D56072%26om_mid%3D1909%7CRealtorMagNews_2020_01_29%26om_nytpe%3DREALTOR%20MAG%20NEWS HUD Offers Guidance to Sniff Out Fake Assistance Animal Requests Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Print January 29, 2020 Property owners have struggled with how to enforce no-pet policies on their properties with the growing number of renter requests for assistance animals. That’s why the housing market is welcoming the U.S. Department of Housing and… Continue Reading Assistance Animals: New HUD Guidance
Bank of Mom and Dad The aspiring buyer faces record-breaking low inventory levels, rising rents, and student debt loads that make it difficult to save.January 28, 2020By: Jessica LautzFinancing & Credit Powered by WPeMatico
'Japandi Minimalist Style' and Other Global... Could these international home trends be the next big thing in the U.S.?January 27, 2020By: Melissa Dittmann TraceyDesign TrendsPowered by WPeMatico
By Jef Conn Early last year, I got home from a long, trying day in the real estate trenches: showing properties, prospecting, having a couple deals fall out of contract. You know, the normal days we have that HGTV doesn’t show its viewers. I spent the entire day, no, that entire week, trying to please… Continue Reading Be a Little Selfish—This is Your Business, After All
REALTORS® Confidence Index: December 2019 Highlights Eighty-four percent of respondents reported that home prices remained constant or rose in December 2019 compared to a year ago.January 27, 2020By: Brandon Hardin Powered by WPeMatico
December 2019 Existing-Home Sales Housing market activity in December 2019 increased 3.6%, a 5.54 million seasonally adjusted annual rate.January 24, 2020By: Michael Hyman Powered by WPeMatico
Most of the Newsday fair housing issues focused on steering buyers to neighborhoods. Do you have some ideas on a form that perhaps the forms committee could draft in the near future to create a fair housing friendly form for buyers to complete upon signing a buyer agency/rep agreement whereby the buyer "steers" the buyer… Continue Reading Requesting Input on Fair Housing buyer induction form…
Real estate brokers are subject to a web of federal, state and local fair housing laws that are intended to eradicate discriminatory conduct in the sale or rental of dwellings and promote residential integration. The methods of enforcing these laws are varied and the penalties that can be exacted for a violation are severe. For… Continue Reading Fair Housing – NAR Provides Free Download
Housing Affordability Modestly up in November 2019 At the national level, housing affordability conditions improved in November 2019 compared to last a year ago and modestly rose compared to October.January 22, 2020By: Michael Hyman Powered by WPeMatico