The KCM Crew gives you a couple of reasons it’s wise to buy right now instead of renting. 1. Homebuyers spend an average of 15.3-17.4% of their income on their mortgage, while renters pay 29.9%. 2. Buying a home is 30.8% more affordable than renting compared to statistics from 1985-1999. To view their entire post, […]
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2015 Real Estate Laws: Tax Exemption for Mortgage Debt Forgiveness
Today begins our series about new 2015 California Real Estate laws. Click here to see the series. 2015 Real Estate Laws: Tax Exemption for Mortgage Debt Forgiveness This law extends California’s exclusions of taxation of mortgage debt forgiveness for qualified principal residence indebtedness in partial conformity with the federal Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act of 2007. […]
Expect Modest Price Growth in Housing Market in Next 12 Months
With rising inventory and modest expectations of demand growth, REALTORS® responding to the October 2014 survey expected home prices to increase modestly in the next 12 months, according to data gathered from the October 2014 REALTORS® Confidence Index Survey. Local conditions vary with expectations anchored on factors such as the level of inventory, the state of […]
Three Reasons To Sell Your Home
We came across this interesting article the other day about three reasons that you should sell your home this spring. If you have been thinking about listing your house for sale but have hesitated due to the uncertainty of the market, here are several reasons to sell your home sooner rather than later. Three Reasons […]
Orange County Investment Seminar Wrap-Up
Last week we put together an informative and fun investment seminar for our friends, colleagues, and past and present Clients. We heard from many of you who wanted to attend but couldn’t, and thought that while you wait for us to schedule our next event we would share some highlights from last week’s class. We […]