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Jer 🚵🏼Laying in bed, about ready to call it a night when both cats lift their head in unison and start tracking “something” moving above the ceiling. Now all I can think about is: how’d it get up there and how's it moving that fast with almost 8" of fiberglass insulation? <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/HomeOwners" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HomeOwners</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/CatsOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CatsOfMastodon</a>

☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻Day 22 cont 📻💰💰💰🏡⚠️Cont: You: Phyllis is the first one, I guess.Phyllis: I've broken the mould. PM: Well, you're not ... you're not actually <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/complaining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#complaining</a>. What you're really saying is the value of [your] house hasn't gone up enough.Phyllis: No, no, no. I disagree. I think it is ridiculous that the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#inflation</a> of house prices ... what about our <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/grandchildren" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#grandchildren</a>? PM: Well look, that is a valid point and I've acknowledged that. I'm not saying there aren't problems for people buying for the first time, but you have to look at it in terms of both <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/existing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#existing</a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/HomeOwners" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HomeOwners</a> and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/future" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#future</a> home owners and what we have to try and do, and you quite rightly identify in relation to your grandchildren, is to find ways of mitigating the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/cost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cost</a> of getting into your first home. But we can't, and shouldn't do that at the cost of reducing the wealth effect and the wealth value of people who have existing properties, there's nothing to be gained by that. We have to find some other ways of <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ameliorating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ameliorating</a> the cost of buying your first home.Phyllis: I think some commonsense has to be thrown into the arena just the same. You know, it's ridiculous. I mean, *you're not seeing value in the $500,000 you're spending on some broken down old dump* and…PM: No, well... Phyllis: That's where we are at the moment.” <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AusPol</a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/LNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LNP</a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Liberal</a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Nationals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Nationals</a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Labor</a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/HousingCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HousingCrisis</a> <<a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-20/when-housing-turned-toxic-captured-in-talkback-chat-with-pm/105155458" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-20/when-housing-turned-toxic-captured-in-talkback-chat-with-pm/105155458</a>> / Original transcript <<a href="https://pmtranscripts.pmc.gov.au/release/transcript-20920" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://pmtranscripts.pmc.gov.au/release/transcript-20920</a>>

INBELLAThe Concert Cold War in a Quiet Enclave <a href="https://www.inbella.com/1003831/the-concert-cold-war-in-a-quiet-enclave/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.inbella.com/1003831/the-concert-cold-war-in-a-quiet-enclave/</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/acoustics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#acoustics</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/EntertainmentNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EntertainmentNews</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/ForestHillsGardens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ForestHillsGardens</a>(Queens <a href="https://channels.im/tags/ForestHillsTennisStadium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ForestHillsTennisStadium</a>(Queens <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Homeowners" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Homeowners</a>'Associations <a href="https://channels.im/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#music</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/noise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#noise</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/NY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NY</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/StadiumsAndArenas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StadiumsAndArenas</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Tennis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tennis</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/UnitedStatesOpen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UnitedStatesOpen</a>(Tennis)

Joseph Simons 🍁 🌱From <a href="https://web.brid.gy/r/https://greaterfool.ca/" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@greaterfool.ca</a> "The <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/tax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tax</a> system needs a reset. What <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/homeowners" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#homeowners</a> get, <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/renters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#renters</a> should also enjoy. If the [principal residence] exemption cannot be eliminated it should be capped, and <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/tenants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tenants</a> given an equal chance to avoid having <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/capitalgains" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#capitalgains</a> on other kinds of assets. Make owning less attractive. Make renting more beneficial. Then [overblown <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#housing</a>] values will adjust."<a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/canpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#canpoli</a><a href="https://www.greaterfool.ca/2025/04/02/not-getting-it/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.greaterfool.ca/2025/04/02/not-getting-it/</a>

Europe Says<a href="https://www.europesays.com/1939928/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.europesays.com/1939928/</a> I’m sick of America and can’t afford it anyway — I bought my dream-home in Italy for just under $40K <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Homeowners" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Homeowners</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/italy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#italy</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/lifestyle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lifestyle</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/LosAngeles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LosAngeles</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ResidentialRealEstate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ResidentialRealEstate</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#travel</a>

Steve Dustcircle 🌹This New <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mortgage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mortgage</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Scam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Scam</a> Could Leave <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Homeowners" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Homeowners</a> Facing <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Foreclosure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Foreclosure</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FCC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FCC</a> Warns<a href="https://www.cnet.com/personal-finance/this-new-mortgage-scam-could-leave-homeowners-facing-foreclosure-fcc-warns/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.cnet.com/personal-finance/this-new-mortgage-scam-could-leave-homeowners-facing-foreclosure-fcc-warns/</a>

Nevis IslandThe <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Nevis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Nevis</a> Island Administration is seeing the positive impact of its newly launched Home Renovation/Modernization Policy, as <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/construction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#construction</a> activity on the island surges, benefiting <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/homeowners" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#homeowners</a>, suppliers, and workers alike. <a href="https://www.thestkittsnevisobserver.com/nias-new-construction-incentive-package-driving-economic-growth-on-nevis/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.thestkittsnevisobserver.com/nias-new-construction-incentive-package-driving-economic-growth-on-nevis/</a>

Eagle Globe & Flanker<a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Texas</a> homeowners pay an average effective property rate of 1.60%, compared to the national average of 0.99%; <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#California</a> homeowners pay an average effective property tax rate of 0.71%, but face a state income tax rate ranging from 1% to 12.3%. For some Texas <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/homeowners" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#homeowners</a> , the savings from the absence of state taxes can be eaten up by higher property taxes, which is more than double California’s.<a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/news/americans-save-2800-when-moving-from-california-to-no-tax-state-but-theres-more-to-the-calculation-175307755.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://finance.yahoo.com/news/americans-save-2800-when-moving-from-california-to-no-tax-state-but-theres-more-to-the-calculation-175307755.html</a>

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