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2. Land value tax in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Land value taxation (i.e. property tax applied only to the unimproved value of land) has a long history in the United States dating back from Physiocrat influence on Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin. It is most famously associated with Henry George and his book Progress and Poverty (1879), which argued that because the supply of land is ...

3. Highest and best use - Wikipedia

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   The highest and best use of the site is to demolish the house and sell the site as a commercial lot. The market value would be $225,000 ($250,000 site value minus $25,000 demolition cost). However, if the demolition costs rose to $55,000, the highest and best use would be the existing residential use, because the value as a commercial lot (now ...

4. How to buy land: A step-by-step guide - AOL

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   Pay down debts to lower your debt-to-income ratio, and start saving enough to cover a potentially hefty down payment — lenders typically require 20 to 25 percent down for raw land. 2. Compare ...

5. Land value tax - Wikipedia

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   A land value tax ( LVT) is a levy on the value of land without regard to buildings, personal property and other improvements upon it. [1] It is also known as a location value tax, a point valuation tax, a site valuation tax, split rate tax, or a site-value rating . Some economists favor LVT, arguing it does not cause economic inefficiency, and ...

6. Real estate appraisal - Wikipedia

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   Real estate appraisal, property valuation or land valuation is the process of developing an opinion of value for real property (usually market value).Real estate transactions often require appraisals because they occur infrequently and every property is unique (especially their condition, a key factor in valuation), unlike corporate stocks, which are traded daily and are identical (thus a ...

7. What is a loan-to-value ratio? - AOL

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   Calculator (Home’s appraised value – down payment) ÷ Appraised value x 100 = LTV ratio. Let’s say, for example, that you plan to borrow $450,000 for a mortgage on a $500,000 house (assuming ...