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Op-Ed | Our homes are not political leverage | amNewYork

New York City's property tax system remains unfair and inequitable after 30 years, disproportionately burdening middle-class and Black and brown homeowners while favoring wealthy property owners.

New York City

fromCity Limits

1 month ago

The New 'Poor Door': Amenity Fees Are Too High for Affordable Housing Tenants

Optional amenity fees in mixed-income luxury buildings often exclude low-income tenants, producing de facto income-segregated access within the same residential developments.

Real estate

fromwww.housingwire.com

2 months ago

Study finds Zillow home estimates improve buyer, seller outcomes

Availability of the Zestimate raises buyer surplus nearly 6% and seller profits over 4% by reducing pricing uncertainty and improving matching.

Business

fromFlowingData

5 months ago

Cash-poor millionaire households

Many millionaire households have most net worth tied up in housing and retirement accounts, with lower liquid share among $1M–$2M households (~17%).

fromwww.housingwire.com

7 months ago

Appeals court throws curve ball in legal case against Unison

The entire structure of the arrangement is designed to put Unison in the same position, and to have the same right to payment, as an unadorned nonrecourse obligation to pay Unison 70% of the home's equity, less $194,250.

US politics

San Francisco

fromKqed

7 months ago