CHANGES TO NASSAU COUNTY RECORDING FEES
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April 26, 2023
Effective immediately the Nassau County Clerk has reduced the fees for recording of real property documents. Specifically, the fee imposed for recording of real property documents in Nassau County known as the Tax Map Verification Fee has been reduced from $355.00 to $270.00. This is as a result of a decision in the matter of Falk v. Nassau County, in which the Nassau County Supreme Court , affirmed by the Appellate Division, Second Department, held that "fees imposed pursuant to Nassau County Administration Code Section 6-33.0 were excessive and improper, as they were exacted for general revenue purposes and not tied to the County's obligation to maintain its property registry." This will reduce the cost of recording such documents as Deeds, Mortgages, Satisfactions and other real property documents in Nassau County. More information may be found on https://Irv.nassaucountyny.gov/tmv/
There has been a major change in the way the Basic
STAR
exemption will be administered.
Now there are two catagories of STAR (NYS School
Tax Relief)
program. First, is the Basic Star Exemption and is available to everyone for their primary residence, This is he catagory that is affected by the changes. The other, the Enhanced
Star, is not affected by this legislation.
Beginning in 2014 property owners will be required to file for the Basic Star Exemptions on an annual basis, instead of the one time filing required now. The changes are designed to protect New Yorkers from the costs of inappropriate or fraudulent STAR exemptions.
In addition, new penalties and sanction have beeen added to protect the public.
The Basic Star is available to any New York State property owner's primary residence where the owner and spouse have a yearly income under $500,000.
So remember, watch for your Star Tax Relief Application for the 2014 tax year and take advantage of the School Tax relief.
Effective April 15, 2013 all deeds presented for recording at the county clerk's office shall require a new form TP 584. The new form is marked "4/13" in the upper left hand corner and it differs from all prior forms in that it has added a field for a six digit SWIS Code (Statewide Information System Code). The SWIS code can be obtained from your new tax bill, or if you do have one yet you can search it at:
http://orpts.tax.ny.gov/cfapps/MuniPro/swis/index.cfm?
You can obtain the new Tform TP 584 at:
http://orpts.tax.ny.gov/cfapps/MuniPro/swis/index.cfm?
Changes to FHA loans are upon us. FHA loans require that you pay Mortgage Insurance Premium (MIP) to insure the lenders against your default. On thirty (30) year loans, this premium used to stay on the loan until you reached a 78% loan to value ratio. Meaning that if your loan was less than 78% of the value of your home you would no longer be requried to pay MIP. Under the new guidelines, not only is that changed, but the rate on which the premium is calculated has gone up. Effective April 1, 2013 all 30 year FHA loans now require MIP for the lifetime of your loan. In addition, the up-front premium is now calculated at 1.3% of the loan amount for loans up to 95% of your loan to value, and 1.35% for loans over 95% loan to value. The monthly premiums are now calculated at 0.45% of the loan amount for loans up to 90% loan to value and 0.70% for loans that exceed 90% loan to value. More changes are scheduled to take effect in June and the cosst is likely to keep increasing. If you are thinking of buying or refinancing there will never be a better time.
Sales of existing homes rose again in May and prices posted the biggest annual gain in eight years the National Association of Realtors® (NAR) said today. Total existing home sales were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.18 million units in May, 4.2 percent above the 4.97 million unit pace reported for April and 12.9 percent more than in May 2012 when the annual rate was 4.59 million units.
Sales have now risen compared to year-earlier figures for 23 months and May was the best market for existing home sales since November 2009 during the tax stimulus when sales jumped to 5.44 million. Single-family home sales rose 5.0 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.60 million in May from 4.38 million in April, and are 12.7 percent higher than the 4.08 million-unit pace in May 2012. The national median price for all existing housing was $208,000 in May, a 15.4 percent increase over May 2012. The national median price has now risen for 15 consecutive months on a year-over-year basis; the last time this happened was from March 2005 to May 2006. May was the sixth straight month that those annual increases have been in double digits and May's was also the strongest price gain since October 2005 when median prices jumped 16.6 percent from a year earlier, the largest increase ever recorded by NAR. This means we should continue to expect lower supplies and higher prices for housing. "The housing numbers are overwhelmingly positive. However, the number of available homes is unlikely to grow, despite a nice gain in May, unless new home construction ramps up quickly. With home prices growing this fast only additional supply from new construction can moderate future price growth.The median existing single-family home price was $208,700 in May, up 15.8 percent above a year ago, and also the strongest increase since October 2005 when it jumped 16.9 percent from a year earlier. Foreclosures and short sales only accounted for 18 percent fo May sales and sold at an average discount of 12 to 15 percent. This was unchanged from April and, with April the lowest share since NAR began tracking the metric in October 2008. One year ago distressed home sales had a 25 percent market share, so distressed home sales are decreasing helping to add to the increases in sale prices. Listed inventory is 10.1 percent below a year ago, when there was a 6.5-month supply. The issue now is pent-up demand and strong growth with buyer traffic 29 percent above a year ago. In addition, the time it takes to sell a home has been dropping steadily with homes being listed an average of just 3 to 4 months.
Here in the Northeast, existing-home sales rose 1.6 percent to an annual rate of 650,000 in May and are 8.3 percent above May 2012. The median price in the Northeast was up 12.3 percent from a year ago. With prices steadily increasing and inventory steadily decreasing we should continue to see home prices go up through the summer months. In addition, interest rates a trending higher. The moral is, if you are thinking of buying a home it is time to get off the fence. It seems that it will only get harder to find a home and the cost will continue to go up, meaning less bang for your money. Act now before prices climb higher, inventory falls shorter and interest rates raise any further.