Here is your latest Costa Mesa Market Report, analyzing data as it affects a specific market area. The Market Summary below offers a look at sales activity for the prior month and year, along with current and past year-to-date statistics. The graphs cover several different aspects of the real estate market. Note how some of the graphs break out trends by price increments. Please contact us if you would like more information on the current market.
This Market Report contains detailed information about properties currently for sale or that have recently sold in Eastside Costa Mesa. This data will help track and assess values and trends in Eastside Costa Mesa. The report is based on current information from the regional Multiple Listing Service. If you need clarification on any of the figures or if you wish to take additional steps toward your property sale or purchase, please let us know. We are happy to help.
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California Senate Bill 989 defers property taxes for taxpayers claiming Proposition 19 base year value transfers when the county assessor has not completed its determination of the property’s eligibility for property tax relief under that section. Additionally, the property tax bill must contain information regarding Proposition 19 base year value transfers and potential tax deferment in large counties.
The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association will go forward with an initiative to restore the right of parents to transfer their home and limited other property to their children without reassessment to market value.
For Prop 19 transfers, the BOE has adjusted the $1 million cap amount to $1,022,600, as required per inflation adjustments.
A detailed article on the like-kind exchange aka the 1031 exchange, including requirements and discussions on use with personal residences, and interplay with the IRS section 121 exemptions. There may be no better tax incentive than the 1031 Exchange, available exclusively to real estate investors.
Simply put, absent an exclusion, an inherited property is subject to reassessment as of date of death. If the property is sold to a third party prior to the Assessor being notified of the death (which is often the case), then the Estate will receive the supplemental assessment and any escape assessments from the date of death until the date they sell the property, often long after the property is sold.
Exceptional news (but don’t hold your breath just yet) – a bill has been introduced in the California Legislature to repeal the costly property tax increases imposed on property owners’ heirs by Proposition 19 (which causes, in most cases, a reassessment of real estate upon the death of the owner, no longer allowing for the long-standing parent-child exclusions)
Yes! Indeed, many owners elect to gift or partially gift their homes to their children now, for many reasons, including current favorable gift tax allowances / exemptions. A gift of equity is a remarkably easy way to allow your child to obtain a traditional loan without any down payment….
Lucas Real Estate
2901 West Coast Highway Suite 200 | Newport Beach | California | 92663-4023
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Devin Lucas BRE No. 01912302 | Courtney Lucas BRE No. 02015514
Lucas Real Estate, a dynamic full-service residential real estate team led by Devin Lucas, REALTOR®, Real Estate Broker, and Real Estate Attorney, and Courtney Lucas, REALTOR® and CPA, offers unparalleled expertise in Newport Beach and surrounding areas.
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