Land and Property Prices for United States of America and arround the world are at historical highs after the last few years of increases. However that doesn't justify all 'high' prices, and the asking price of any property should be evaluated in terms of its market context and in comparison to other similar land and properties in the area. Many properties in United States of America for sale to foreigners are actually overpriced in terms of their market context and comparables. This is especially true of the resale market where individual sellers largely decide the asking price for their land, but can also be true of new developments.
Real Estate and land agents often allow sellers to 'name their price' rather than give them a professional evaluation of the true market price for their land. There are various reasons why a land in United States of America might be overpriced. Vendors sometimes set an unrealistically high asking price in the hope that a) someone might actually pay it and b) that it will give them a stronger negotiating position at the start and ensure that final transaction price is higher than it would have been had they started with a lower asking price. Another reason is because some sellers have unrealistic expectations as to what their property is actually worth. A further reason is because agents in United States of America and / or developers in United States of America sometimes increase the price if they think that foreign buyers are and will remain 'ignorant' of market values. This is more likely in those cases when the agent 'controls' the entire visit of the buyer thus preventing them from finding out what comparable properties are worth. To say that a property is overpriced is not the same as saying that it won't sell at that price. The great tragedy is that people do actually buy overpriced properties on a regular basis. This is bad for the overall market as word often gets around, driving up the expectations of sellers and reinforcing the suspicion that foreign buyers will pay any price. Ofcourse there are good
agents out there, those who provide a great service & accurate price estimates. Just research to be sure.
Land For Sale Worldwide Do your research and look around. Try to get a feel for Land Market prices in the area you are interested in. The internet is a useful tool for basic research but it is no substitute for going to visit different properties and talking to impartial people with a good understanding of the real estate property market. Take notes of the key features (land size, location, views, price etc) of different properties and compare then in a table. No two properties are exactly alike, especially in the resale market, and there is no such thing as a mathematically-proven correct price. Nevertheless by doing your research and approaching it in a rational way you should be able to identify if a property is more or less correctly priced given its market value.
Saturday, March 29, 2008
Land for Sale in America and Worldwide
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Following this brief introduction, this article sets out briefly the rationale for
taxing land and property, both as a source of local government revenue and in terms of its
effects on efficient land use.
Taxes on land and property have both fiscal and non-fiscal effects. The revenue such
taxes produce is often an important source of finance for local governments. The extent
to which those governments have control over property taxes is thus often an important
determinant of the extent to which they are able to make autonomous expenditure
decisions. The level, design, and control of property taxation are thus, in many countries,
critical elements in effective decentralization policy.
But property taxes are not always local taxes, and whether they are or are not local, like
all taxes they must also be considered from a more general policy perspective. From this
perspective, property taxes may be viewed, depending upon one’s assumptions, the
environment in which they are applied, and their design and effectiveness, as an equitable
and efficient way of raising revenue or they may be considered to be a regressive and
undesirable form of public finance.
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