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AmericanKulak says

FL State wastes hundreds of million in "Live Local Law" in tax breaks

Most people don't know about tax breaks and government subsidies. Chicago has enterprise zones. If you build there you don't pay any sales taxes on your materials. The neighborhood we were building in before I left was $700-800K homes. That's lumber, drywall, siding, flooring, lighting, plumbing, etc. in a roughly 10% sales tax city at the time.

This developer had no clue about it and threw me some cash for the $20k savings on each house because I told him about it. Fuck... I was good at that job. I just can't deal with people for my sanity. Real estate is gay. Too many hands in the pot. It's what I did best though. Maybe there will be a version 2.0. Not sure I can go back to my current job.

WookieMan says

Real estate is gay. Too many hands in the pot.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
This.

Looks like the real estate commission model just changed.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/realestate/the-1-8-billion-conspiracy-verdict-that-rocked-the-real-estate-industry-has-turned-into-a-groundbreaking-418-million-settlement/ar-BB1jXVya?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=57a2b6f99b6c407b8d458b75a409e55b&ei=16

Now the buyer pays for services the "Buyer's Agent" performs. The seller doesn't pay that anymore.

B.A.C.A.H. says

Or you can be (Bay-Area) Smug & Snarkey ("Smarkey") on the thread he started to try to belittle him.

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

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Misc says

Looks like the real estate commission model just changed.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/realestate/the-1-8-billion-conspiracy-verdict-that-rocked-the-real-estate-industry-has-turned-into-a-groundbreaking-418-million-settlement/ar-BB1jXVya?pc=U531

Now the buyer pays for services the "Buyer's Agent" performs. The seller doesn't pay that anymore.

The buyer has always paid ALL the commission and still will. They have the money to purchase. This has been a massive misnomer with RE. No one gets paid without a buyer. Commissions, attorneys, lenders, inspectors, listing agents, etc.

AmericanKulak says

FL State wastes hundreds of million in "Live Local Law" in tax breaks

Yeah I got to find a lot more about this shit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homelessness_in_Florida#Affordable_housing

This looks like another puff piece as they always put out puff pieces for Central Panhandle Association of Realtors (CPAR):

https://www.wjhg.com/2023/04/12/live-local-act/

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WookieMan says

The buyer has always paid ALL the commission and still will. They have the money to purchase. This has been a massive misnomer with RE. No one gets paid without a buyer. Commissions, attorneys, lenders, inspectors, listing agents, etc.

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all about ABC
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More sellers desperate in Florida…
https://www.newsweek.com/florida-house-prices-fall-homeowners-try-sell-1879096

Swfl says

More sellers desperate in Florida…
https://www.newsweek.com/florida-house-prices-fall-homeowners-try-sell-1879096

Florida has a boomers starting to die problem. Probably not enough from the north coming in any more to suck up inventory. Retirement regions could take a hit.

WookieMan says

he buyer has always paid ALL the commission and still will. They have the money to purchase. This has been a massive misnomer with RE. No one gets paid without a buyer. Commissions, attorneys, lenders, inspectors, listing agents, etc.

Many buyers don't understand this. Its as if they have been injected with mind numbing anesthesia.

I'm in Florida and the post above about "a problem" and "boomers dying" is incorrect.
The boomers are a gigantic demographic and they aren't dead yet.
The boomers with money are still flooding into Florida.

clambo says

I'm in Florida and the post above about "a problem" and "boomers dying" is incorrect.
The boomers are a gigantic demographic and they aren't dead yet.
The boomers with money are still flooding into Florida.

My parents are/were boomers. They're dying. The kids don't want to live there so they sell. They're dying faster than you think. Millennials are the biggest demo and they aren't moving into retirement housing. Florida and Arizona are going to take a slight hit. Not a crash, but the next 10-20 years as they die off is going to move housing in those areas.

First hardest hit - Cities. Millennials move out and start families en mass.
Second hardest hit - Retirement states.

Suburbs will do fine. Rural will boom. With Starlink you can literally work anywhere. Times are a changing. I'd flee from urban areas. They're going to be a crockpot of shit fuckery. There's actual shit on the streets. The city council likely have has gay anal sex at meetings. Avoid cities is all I'm gonna say. Especially this year with the election. It's gonna be bad.

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Florida ain't "Florida" no more :-/

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WookieMan says

Florida and Arizona are going to take a slight hit. Not a crash, but the next 10-20 years as they die off is going to move housing in those areas.

I wonder if that is why there has been a immigration blitz pushed by Democrats and Chamber of Commerce Republicans as they promote their version of a desirable and sustainable population growth.

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WookieMan says

Swfl says

More sellers desperate in Florida…
https://www.newsweek.com/florida-house-prices-fall-homeowners-try-sell-1879096

Florida has a boomers starting to die problem. Probably not enough from the north coming in any more to suck up inventory. Retirement regions could take a hit.

Yeah, one thing I was reading about since is that one major demographic unique to South Florida and is a reliable Democrat vote in South Florida are the "greatest generation" born before 1935. Yes I am talking Jewish people from New York and New Jersey mostly.

I've read some Florida politics article stating they are getting more and more replaced with South American immigrants and their 2nd generationers who have a different political bent or perspective, and that is why Palm Beach county is not leaning far left like when you saw how well DaSantis did this.

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https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/us-single-family-housing-starts-soar-february-2024-03-19/

US single-family housing starts, permits near two-year highs

Rate cut? (I don't think so unless maybe jobless numbers radically rise but others here think Powell is Biden's butt boy...)

https://www.redfin.com/news/housing-market-update-supply-climbs-prices-increase/

Housing Market Update: Supply Climbs 5%, Biggest Increase in Nearly a Year

This here is proof positive of two things:

1) Fed told Team Biden to not count on a rate cut...or any 'rate cut' beyond mere tokenism.

2) The Bidenites are fucking desperate for sure.

UkraineIsTotallyFucked says

This here is proof positive of two things:

1) Fed told Team Biden to not count on a rate cut...or any 'rate cut' beyond mere tokenism.

2) The Bidenites are fucking desperate for sure.

Too many things to refute in that meme. Builders got to build. That's all there is to it unless STRs are eliminated.

GNL says

Too many things to refute in that meme.

Not a meme.

https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/mortgage-rates-stay-above-6-through-2025-fannie-mae-says

Mortgage rates to stay above 6% through 2025, Fannie Mae says

https://wolfstreet.com/2024/03/21/amid-weak-demand-for-existing-homes-active-listings-price-reductions-jump-listing-prices-weaken/

Amid Weak Demand for Existing Homes, Active Listings & Price Reductions Jump, Listing Prices Weaken

zzyzzx says

https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/mortgage-rates-stay-above-6-through-2025-fannie-mae-says

Mortgage rates to stay above 6% through 2025, Fannie Mae says

But! But this is an election year!

zzyzzx says

Mortgage rates to stay above 6% through 2025, Fannie Mae says

Still too low.

zzyzzx says

https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/mortgage-rates-stay-above-6-through-2025-fannie-mae-says

Mortgage rates to stay above 6% through 2025, Fannie Mae says

My original forecast was for it to steady between 5.5 and 6% by end of 2024, as I think PCE will remain 3%.

If it was at 6%, then I'd buy down 4 discount points to get the 30 yr mortgage to 5%. Recall the locked-in rate was around 3.5% when prices peaked in early 2022.

For every 1% increase in the 30 yr mortgage rate, there should be a 10% drop in home prices.

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In my view, we are in a quaint little time where people believe in financial stability and people can make long term financial plans. The people have faith in things called dot plots even.

Banks haven't loaned money to each other since 2019 and the reason they do not still exists. The banking system is fragile as fuck. To force interest rates back down to where Gen Z can purchase a home, TPTB could decide to sacrifice a Too Big To Fail financial institution for the common good.

The Fed for all of its supposed all encompassing power, is going to be running up against a hard limit as to how far it can shrink its balance sheet. If they go too far, there simply won't be enough cash in the system for everyone to have their share. Biden, meanwhile, is spending a couple trillion more than he has cash coming in, and that is before aid to Ukraine and Israel. There's also always an emergency that takes up a few hundred billion extra. All this borrowing sucks cash out of the system. If people continue to get 2nd and 3rd jobs, say damn the interest rates charge it, and/or tap the equity in their homes via HELOCS to keep the economy not just expanding, but pushing up inflation, well the Fed could find itself having to buy Treasuries even with a higher than wanted inflation rate. If that happens, things could get really fucked up quick.

So there could be big movements in interest rates in either direction.

Someone could also pull back the curtain on how the Europeans are keeping their interest rates between countries at a seemingly reasonable level. If that happens...well the Euro could simply not exist...maybe even overnight.

AD says

For every 1% increase in the 30 yr mortgage rate, there should be a 10% drop in home prices.

I presume you mean that for every 1% increase in the 30 yr mortgage rate, there should be a 10% drop in price to maintain the same monthly payment. If inflation and other factors keep the house prices elevated despite the rate increases, then people will continue to rent, settle for smaller houses, or double up.

HeadSet says

AD says

For every 1% increase in the 30 yr mortgage rate, there should be a 10% drop in home prices.

I presume you mean that for every 1% increase in the 30 yr mortgage rate, there should be a 10% drop in price to maintain the same monthly payment. If inflation and other factors keep the house prices elevated despite the rate increases, then people will continue to rent, settle for smaller houses, or double up.

Yes, it is about mortgage affordability as the price of the house would have to drop 10% if the 30 year mortgage rate increases by 1%.

That is if the mortgage applicant is at the maximum loan rate (as percentage of household income) before the rate would increase by 1%.

For around here in the Florida panhandle, seems like townhomes are not above the peak prices set in early 2022, YET income has gone up since early 2022.

AD says

all about ABC

Coffee is for closers!

"The process of buying and selling houses in the United States is an egregious example of special interest politics" - Larry Summers, US Secretary of Treasury, President of Harvard University, March 2024

https://socketsite.com/archives/2024/03/median-new-home-sale-price-drops-down-nearly-20-from-peak.html

At the same time, the median sale price of the new homes sold last month dropped nearly 4 percent, from an upwardly revised $414,900 in January to $400,500 in February and was down 7.6 percent on a year-over-year basis and nearly 20 percent below its fourth quarter of 2022 peak, with inventory levels, which are over 40 percent higher than prior to the pandemic, having ticked up another percent to within a percent of a 16-year high, despite continued misreporting of “supply constraints” in the press, none of which should catch any plugged-in reader’s by surprise.

The prices seem to have picked up recently. Out of $500K drop from the recent high on my shack $200K has been "recovered" already.

I feel rich again!

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/renting-is-now-cheaper-than-owning-in-all-of-americas-50-biggest-metro-areas-8cd4cd03

Thanks to rising home prices and elevated mortgage rates, it’s now cheaper to rent than it is to buy a home in all of America’s biggest metropolitan areas

Article still full of manipulative bullshit, but at least it gets a few of the facts right.

Patrick says

but at least it gets a few of the facts right.

Patrick, they still charging ~2021 rental rates

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1874-Pointe-Dr-Panama-City-Beach-FL-32407/251474936_zpid/

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AD says

Patrick, they still charging ~2021 rental rates

Because building is too expensive and there's no labor force for it. Younger people have no clue what a drill even is or a hammer. Construction labor costs have gone through the roof. Building is an absolute hassle now for contractors. So people move and rent out their houses and don't build new anymore. Inventory stays restricted. No one new learns to build.

We're close to building a $700k ranch in a town with a median of about $260k.... Think about why there's no new inventory in many areas? My new house won't even appraise. 2,200 SF ranch. Sure it's a lot of concrete and form work, but that's not a big house at all. We'll eat it and can afford the payment. It's where we want to be. And I'm not buying/building a shit box, builder grade piece of shit. I have standards for my forever home.

WookieMan says

Because building is too expensive and there's no labor force for it.

I have mentioned that necessity is the mother of invention. I have said the future economy will requiring more productivity and innovation. That means do more with the same (not necessarily less).

There are innovation ideas which have worked for many years like this:

https://www.fadingwestdevelopment.com/

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AD says

There are innovation ideas which have worked for many years like this:

It doesn't work. Unless you're in a loose area with building requirements. Basically the country/rural. I worked on this for a decade in Chicago. Literally tried to get a plant opened in the city with Union workers and all that bull shit. It was impossible. I don't give up on much, but it was impossible.

Helped my dad build two modular homes, one of which my sister still owns. It's doable, just not in urban areas.

Where it works is apartment/townhome buildings. Don't want to dox myself too much be we have a facility in my town that builds large scale apartment buildings by panels framed out and shipped on a flatbed.

Municipalities and inspections are the bitch of it. You cannot roll in a section or cube and drop on site without inspection. So you have to leave it open and then hire labor on site which makes the costs basically the same as building in place if not more.

WookieMan says

Don't want to dox myself too much

WRONG, yes you do want to dox yourself here.

You are correct as I noticed more townhomes being pre-fabricated especially in Colorado like the The Farm in Buena Vista.
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