POLL: Do you think mortgage interest deductions encourage buyers to pay a premium price for a home?
This week’s poll inquires readers about housing prices and mortgage interest deductions!
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Tag: mortgage interest deduction (MID)
Tax Benefits of Ownership: The Mortgage Interest Deduction
This updated excerpt from the forthcoming edition of Tax Benefits of Ownership covers the basics...
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The votes are in: Income inequality depresses home prices
Readers weigh in on how income inequality affects California home prices.
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First-time homebuyers prefer lower interest rates to bigger tax breaks
Fortunately for real estate participants of all types, mortgage interest rates are at an all-time low in March 2020.
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POLLS: How does the mortgage interest deduction affect the California real estate market?
Do you think mortgage interest deductions drive up the price a buyer pays for a home? No (76%, 52...
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How 2018 tax changes impact California homeowners
In 2017, the Republican Tax Plan made numerous changes to how everyone reports, deducts and pays...
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POLLS: Does the MID impact home prices and sales volume?
Do you think mortgage interest deductions drive up the price a buyer pays for a home? No (74%, 65...
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California to see declining home values due to tax changes
How will the 2018 tax changes impact home values?
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POLL: MID impact on the housing market
How has the reduced mortgage interest deduction impacted California's housing market? Both sales...
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Mortgage interest deduction changes in 2018
Fewer Californians will be able to take the MID in 2018.
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2018 changes to tax deductions
Look ahead to the deductions you will be able to take on 2018 taxes.
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When tax reform passes, some Californians will move to cheaper states (so they say)
One-third of Californians say they will move out-of-state when the tax bill passes.
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(Somewhat) addressing housing concerns, Senate passes tax reform package
The tax code will look very different in 2018, especially as it relates to housing.
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Proposed tax code changes shake the housing market
Federal lawmakers are poised to alter the face of the real estate market in 2018.
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Tax proposals to gut MID for most homeowners — is real estate’s sacred cow heading to the butcher?
The mortgage interest deduction (MID) as we know it is in peril under the current federal tax proposal.
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Letter to the Editor: Why are first tuesday writings politically biased?
Question: Why do first tuesday writings — posted here on the journal and in affiliated books —...
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Are unmarried co-owners of a qualified residence subject to the same MID limits as married co-owners?
Two unmarried co-owners both individually claim a separate mortgage interest deduction (MID) on their tax returns.
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Shifting priorities in federal housing policy
Current federal housing policy benefits high-income homeowners most, but eliminating MID benefits for high earners won’t help first-time buyers.
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