02/07/2024
https://www.yahoo.com/news/irs-expects-collect-hundreds-billions-202948481.html
IRS expects to collect hundreds of billions more in overdue and unpaid taxes thanks to new funding
The IRS is poised to take in hundreds of billions of dollars more in overdue and unpaid taxes than previously anticipated, according to new analysis released Tuesday by the Treasury Department and the IRS. Tax revenues are expected to rise by as much as $561 billion from 2024 to 2034, thanks to step...
11/02/2023
NYTimes
Chief Executive of National Association of Realtors Resigns
The resignation of Bob Goldberg comes days after a $1.8 billion verdict against N.A.R. and two months after The New York Times exposed complaints of sexual harassment in the group.
11/02/2023
The mortgage rate lock-in effect: the US has been here before in the 1980s.
The US Housing Market Has Become an Impossible Mess
Americans with cheap loans don’t want to sell. Those without homes can’t afford to buy. Will anything budge?
10/16/2023
Buyer's agent and seller's agent commissions may be untied in the future.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/real-estate-brokers-pocketing-6-185119778.html?
Real Estate Brokers Pocketing Up to 6% in Fees Draw Antitrust Scrutiny
(Bloomberg) -- The lucrative broker commission system at the heart of the US residential housing market is facing unprecedented antitrust scrutiny from the Justice Department and two private class-action lawsuits that risk weakening the National Association of Realtors, the industry’s powerful lob...
09/26/2023
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/us-home-prices-increase-sixth-130641882.html?
Home Prices in US Hit Record High, Erasing Recent Decline
(Bloomberg) -- Home prices in the US climbed to a record high as the market bounces back. Most Read from BloombergDimon Warns 7% Fed Rate Still Possible, Times of India SaysRepublican Moderates Turn to Rare Maneuver to Avoid Lengthy Government ShutdownIndians Have Five Days to Deposit $3 Billion in....
08/29/2023
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/m-real-estate-investor-8-120002781.html
I’m a Real Estate Investor: These Are 8 Must-Haves Before I Invest in a Property
Experts always say that real estate is a good investment. Real Estate Agents Say: Buy Property in These 5 States To Be Rich in 5 YearsRelated: 3 Things You Must Do When Your Savings Reach $50,000 If...
07/24/2023
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/us-irs-ends-policy-unannounced-172318541.html
US IRS ends policy of unannounced revenue officer visits to taxpayers
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) said on Monday it was ending its policy of unannounced visits to taxpayers by agency revenue officers, reversing a decades-long practise to "reduce public confusion and enhance overall safety measures for taxpayers and employees." "Effective immediately, unann...
06/26/2023
Carefully examine the protections for renters before becoming a landlord:
Tenants say a 3-year ban on evictions kept them housed. Landlords say they're drowning in debt
Retiree Pamela Haile has paid property taxes, insurance and other bills on a house she lets out in Oakland, but for more than three years her tenants have paid no rent thanks to one of the longest-lasting eviction bans in the country. The eviction moratorium in the San Francisco Bay Area city expire...
06/21/2023
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05/23/2023
Supreme Court Says the IRS Can Secretly Obtain Your Bank Records
Under an existing statute, the IRS can secretly probe your bank records and potentially those of your relatives without notice.
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