Questions tagged [home]
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In what situation is owning a home better than renting and investing in the stock market? [duplicate]
In what situation is owning a home better than renting and investing in the stock market? if you were to use broad measures such as historical averages for home price, stock market returns and real ...
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A scheme for more efficient house-check
When I consider an apartment to buy, I usually call an engineering company and ask them to check the apartment for any physical defects that I cannot notice by myself (In Hebrew this process is called ...
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Selling a home while Canada Disability
My friend on disability and want to sell my house and buy a smaller one. They will profit from the sale but will put that money into a new house. Will this count as income and mess up my disability?
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Can someone sue for house ownership if they gave money for it?
My parents received money from my grandmother to put a down payment for a house. After my parents purchased the home and put the house under their names, my grandmother moved in and eventually after 3 ...
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Is there financial instrument for overvalued homes
My home is valued at 400k and I bought for 125k 2 years ago. If I believe that the value is going to decrease, is there a financial instrument that allows me to profit, basically short my own homes ...
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Can I avoid gift tax by gifting only a portion of a home to a parent instead of the whole value?
I live in Washington state and my mother lives near my brother in California. I was considering purchasing a house with cash, for her to live in. The cost of the house would likely be around $600,...
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Do surviving homes' values tank after natural disasters?
After experiencing two flash floods in two years, I'm considering investing ~$2000 into modifying my yard's terrain, and building retaining walls, to keep flooding away from the home and vehicles, at ...
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My parents live in England. I live and file taxes in the US. I want to make them an interest free loan to buy a house. Payable at death / house sale
I considered purchasing it as joint tenants in common but that triggers stamp duty on the entire purchase as I’m a non UK resident. I thought they may be able to amend their will to represent the ...
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How home prices behaves during and after great inflation 1970s in USA
Is there any chart/data or research on average home prices during 1970s in USA in big cities (NY, LA etc.).
I'm particularly interested in average price per square meter between 1970 to 1985.
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Resale of a House with Estate Rentcharge
Made an offer on a c. 40 yr. old freehold house in London. Had offer accepted.
When going through the docs as part of pre sign-off due-dilligence, turned out there is a 300 GBP / year Estate ...
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How does paying off the mortgage work if I demolish a home and rebuild another home on the property?
I own a single family home in NYC, Queens. I have a mortgage on that property. My Zone permits 3 Family house. I would like to demolish the single family home and build a 3 unit property. How does it ...
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Ownership % and obligation on mortgage payments
scenario: Home value is 800K.
Three investors requiring a mortgage.
One investor can add 70K deposit,
Two can add 40K each.
Question #1: How do I figure out the % of ownership based on different ...
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Refinance Calculator - use Interest Rate or APR?
I am using the NerdWallet Refinance Calculator to compare current loan with new loan.
https://www.nerdwallet.com/mortgages/refinance-calculator/calculate-refinance-savings
My question is should I put ...
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Rebuilding when current house has a mortgage
My wife and I own a home that is over 60 years old that we bought initially as a fixer-upper. After a few years of fixing it up enough to make it comfortable for us -- we realized that our appetite ...
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How can I prevent my brother from forcing the sales of a home inherited from our father? [closed]
I moved back to my parents home to take care of my father until he died. I decided to stay here, but my parents were the victims of con artists and lost everything they had, Somehow a mortgage was put ...
