Irvine: University Park Overview
Median home price is $483,000. Based on a rental parity value of $575,000, this market is under valued.
Monthly payment affordability has been worsening over the last 4 month(s). Momentum suggests worsening affordability.
Resale prices on a $/SF basis increased from $297/SF to $299/SF.
Resale prices have been falling for 12 month(s). Price momentum suggests falling prices over the next three months.
Median rental rates increased $16 last month from $2,333 to $2,350.
Rents have been rising for 12 month(s). Price momentum suggests rising rents over the next three months.
Market rating = 6

Proprietary Irvine Housing News home purchase analysis 
14 BUTTERNUT Ln Irvine, CA 92612
$970,000 …….. Asking Price
$1,085,000 ………. Purchase Price
8/23/2006 ………. Purchase Date
($115,000) ………. Gross Gain (Loss)
($86,800) ………… Commissions and Costs at 8%
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($201,800) ………. Net Gain (Loss)
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-10.6% ………. Gross Percent Change
-18.6% ………. Net Percent Change
-1.9% ………… Annual Appreciation
Cost of Home Ownership
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$970,000 …….. Asking Price
$194,000 ………… 20% Down Conventional
3.65% …………. Mortgage Interest Rate
30 ……………… Number of Years
$776,000 …….. Mortgage
$185,847 ………. Income Requirement
$3,550 ………… Monthly Mortgage Payment
$841 ………… Property Tax at 1.04%
$0 ………… Mello Roos & Special Taxes
$243 ………… Homeowners Insurance at 0.3%
$0 ………… Private Mortgage Insurance
$168 ………… Homeowners Association Fees
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$4,801 ………. Monthly Cash Outlays
($800) ………. Tax Savings
($1,190) ………. Equity Hidden in Payment
$232 ………….. Lost Income to Down Payment
$141 ………….. Maintenance and Replacement Reserves
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$3,184 ………. Monthly Cost of Ownership
Cash Acquisition Demands
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$11,200 ………… Furnishing and Move In at 1% + $1,500
$11,200 ………… Closing Costs at 1% + $1,500
$7,760 ………… Interest Points
$194,000 ………… Down Payment
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$224,160 ………. Total Cash Costs
$48,800 ………. Emergency Cash Reserves
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$272,960 ………. Total Savings Needed
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Why the Mortgage Interest Deduction is Terrible
There are few tax breaks more beloved than the mortgage interest deduction. It’s the IRS’s way of paying you to buy a house — by letting you deduct your mortgage interest payments from your taxable income. There are also few tax breaks more wasteful than the mortgage interest deduction.
It’s no secret the mortgage-interest deduction is regressive. Richer taxpayers have 1) houses, 2) bigger houses, and 3) get bigger deductions because their tax brackets are bigger. But the bad policy doesn’t stop with subsidies for those who least need them. There’s also the small matter of incentivizing leverage. In other words, households that take on more debt get more of a tax break. That’s a head-scratcher in our post-bubble world.
None of this has been a secret for decades. The mortgage interest deduction was rotten policy in the 1980s and it’s rotten policy today. Back then Michael Kinsley made the case against this taxpayer sacred cow — along with his classic definition of a gaffe — when President Reagan hinted at eliminating it. Spoiler alert: We didn’t. Three decades on, it’s depressing how much of Kinsley’s analysis reads like it was written today.
We spend $100 billion every year — that’s the annual cost of the deduction — subsidizing bigger houses for the upper middle class. This should be among the lowest of low-hanging fruit when it comes to tax reform. It would be nice to end welfare for the well-off.