He hates trump
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Lol, you donāt even understand what youāre arguing other than you want to argue against anything Trump does. I bet if you were presented the same tax plan and told Bernie proposed it, then youād be cheering it as the greatest thing ever. Your entire decision making process is based on everything person A does is good and everything person B does is evil. You canāt even evaluate what they are proposing.
I wonder if youāre in this video:
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Who in the military, or anywhere else would support a draft dodging coward?
Live debate of why thereās no debate of the floor about tax reform by the republican commies
LOOK WHATāS COMING TO THE BAY AREA!
Will Massachusetts residents lose tens of thousands of dollars in home value if Republicans succeed in ramming their tax overhaul bill through Congress?
The National Association of Realtors says yes. It has estimated that homeowners in the state could lose an average of anywhere from $21,050 to $44,130 in home value, depending on the congressional district they live in. Nationwide, homeowners are facing a 10 percent drop in values because of the bill, with potentially steeper decreases in higher-cost areas, the group argues. āMake no mistake, middle-class homeowners will see their home values fall if this proposal moves forward, while large corporations walk away with the bulk of the tax cuts,ā
Wow, thatās shocking that NAR is against legislation thatād impact the mortgage interest and property tax deductions. Maybe they should look at income tax data that shows less than 10% of people would even itemize due to higher standard deduction. Thereās no way itāll impact home prices across the whole country by 10%. Itāll have zero impact in areas where people wonāt need to itemize anymore, and thatāll be 90% of the country.
Even today, only 30% of households itemize deductions and only 75% of those itemize mortgage interest. That means only 22.5% of households are itemizing mortgage interest today. That means only 1/3 home owners is itemizing mortgage interest.
Not gonna lie, any legislation that has the POTENTIAL to harm our favorite industry (housing) in some manner I am against. At the end of the day, we all have special interests, right?
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Looks like congress will pass this turkeyā¦ and it will affect BA real estateā¦ Qualified buyers will be reduced in numbers, 10-20% less buyers means lower pricesā¦
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āMs. Collins said that the president was supportive of her wishes that $10,000 of property taxes be deductible under the Senate plan, a change that would be similar to the compromise that House Republicans made on the repeal of the state and local tax deduction. She also said that Mr. Trump was supportive of backing legislation that would stabilize health insurance prices that could rise if the Affordable Care Actās individual mandate is repealed.ā
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For all āhouse rich cash poorā areas itās not going to be good, just not in terms of house prices but also in terms of local economy.
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How do you figure? They calculate qualified buyers based on DTI of gross income. Gross income isnāt changing. Unless they change the DTI ratio, it wonāt change who can qualify. This actually points out how dumb it is to use the same DTI for all states. States without income tax should be allowed a higher DTI ratio of gross income, since their net income is higher.
Buyers for $1m plus homes will have less after tax moneyā¦ They will feel poorer
whether they qualify or notā¦
If it passes I am dumping my health insuranceā¦ total waste of money and moving to Nevada
Will get my health care in Mexico
Already get dental work done there
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How they feel is different from if they qualify.
Also, people love to say BA real estate is cheap compared to Hong Kong, London, etc. None of those other places allow home owners to deduct property taxes and mortgage interest on their income taxes. It doesnāt see to hold back their property values at all give they are higher than the bay area on a $/sq ft basis. Many of them have lower income levels than the bay area too.
My exposure is limited. The only house I own in the BA is worth $650k in Discovery Bayā¦ In fact it is actually sold on a lease optionā¦ That market will benefit. The rest of my BA exposure is multi family rentalsā¦ Rents may go up when there is no tax advantage to buyingā¦
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People will reduce spending if they feel their cash hoard=RE is lower, while their cash position was poor anyways.(House rich cash poor). This reduced spending will affect other local businesses in the short term.
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Housing inventory is very low now. If there is any price dip, itās going to be 1 year or more away.
Long term, this will make other states more attractive for sure
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The low end will benefitā¦ Mid range will be compressed. High end too volatile to predictā¦ But-if the stock market takes off, high end could take off too
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The way I see it is,mid range is where the US is productive/innovative & has competitive advantage (as compared to rest of the developed & developing world) & USA will tax them/penalize them for being productive.
The mid range pays almost nothing. This is also why itās insane when analysts say all the tax cuts go to the rich. How do you cut taxes on people paying -14% and -5%? Even the $50-100K group is only paying 8% effective income tax.
Even if you include payroll taxes which fund the social security and medicare people get later, the middle income group isnāt paying much. Keep in mind, only the top 10% actually pay enough to cover their social security and medicare costs. Everyone else is getting more than they paid in.
The people screaming for the rich to pay their fair share are the ones paying very little. I bet if you survey the two income groups with a negative income tax rate, theyāll tell you they are paying too much in taxes and the rich need to pay more to pay their fair share.
This is why Iād love to get to a super simple tax system. Exempt income below the poverty line and tax everything else at a flat rate regardless of type of income. Americans are so confused by our tax system they donāt even know how much they actually pay.
I was talking about BA house pricesā¦ Mid range is from $1-3m. Those houses will be hit 10- 20% when this tax turkey passes
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