{"id":64,"date":"2026-10-11T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jhickmanbroker.com\/blog\/?p=64"},"modified":"2026-10-11T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T10:00:00","slug":"assessments-enhancing-community-value-for-homeowners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jhickmanbroker.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/11\/assessments-enhancing-community-value-for-homeowners\/","title":{"rendered":"Assessments Enhancing Community Value for Homeowners"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>HOA fees have jumped 50.5% since 2020, outpacing inflation and putting more pressure on homeowners\u2019 budgets. And with median special assessments expected to hit $1,100 in 2025, many folks\u2014especially the 75 million living in managed communities\u2014are feeling the squeeze from aging infrastructure and rising insurance costs.<\/p>\n<p>When I\u2019m working with buyers or investors, these factors are front and center in every conversation about cash flow and loan structure. Understanding the true cost of homeownership means looking beyond the mortgage payment to the full financial picture\u2014including those unpredictable HOA assessments. It\u2019s all about helping clients make decisions that won\u2019t just get them into a home, but keep their finances strong for the long haul.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/jeffsteele\/2026\/08\/13\/assessments-adding-to-escalating-homeownership-costs\/\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HOA fees have jumped 50.5% since 2020, outpacing inflation and putting more pressure on homeowners\u2019 budgets. And with median special assessments expected to hit $1,100 in 2025, many folks\u2014especially the 75 million living in managed communities\u2014are feeling the squeeze from aging infrastructure and rising insurance costs. When I\u2019m working with buyers or investors, these factors [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":469,"featured_media":65,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jhickmanbroker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jhickmanbroker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jhickmanbroker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jhickmanbroker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/469"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jhickmanbroker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.jhickmanbroker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68,"href":"https:\/\/www.jhickmanbroker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64\/revisions\/68"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jhickmanbroker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jhickmanbroker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jhickmanbroker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jhickmanbroker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}