On Tax Day 2021, Downtown Seattle Renters Will Have Lost About $10K In Deductions & Will Have Missed Out On Over $290K In Appreciation Over The Last Decade.
For Tax Day, executives from Realogics Sotheby’s International Realty (RSIR), Caliber Home Loans, and O’Connor Consulting Group released research demonstrating that new tenants who chose to live in brand-new, luxury apartments rather than purchasing a similar condominium had paid more than $50 million in unrecoverable lease payments (or $218,983 individually) over the last decade. Meanwhile, the average renter lost out on an estimated $288,934 in average capital appreciation over the same time period, as well as $9,228 in income tax deductions in 2020.