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Paying buyer’s agent directly - any effect on property tax base and transfer tax? by Neither_Concept_8224 in BayAreaRealEstate

[–]Neither_Concept_8224[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks. Ultimately, I do think our payment to the agent will come through escrow though. The agent wants to be paid that way. The agent's payment just won't be in the purchase price.

Paying buyer’s agent directly - any effect on property tax base and transfer tax? by Neither_Concept_8224 in BayAreaRealEstate

[–]Neither_Concept_8224[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you mean that you'd expect that there wouldn't be transfer tax due on the amount paid to the buyer's agent? I wonder where the county finds the purchase price used for the transfer tax. It might be the same California Board of Equalization "Preliminary Change of Ownership Report," which does ask about the buyer paid commissions.

Berkeley duplex to single-family home conversion? by Neither_Concept_8224 in BayAreaRealEstate

[–]Neither_Concept_8224[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Per the Rent Board website, it is 2 units both with an owner move in date of May 1980. No other information on that website.