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News from January 2021

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Kentucky is ranked 19th in the nation for public pension contributions in 2020

By Bluegrass Times | Jan 3, 2021

Kentucky received $3.6 million in public pension contributions, ranking it 19th in the United States in 2020, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau's Annual Survey of Public Pensions.

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VA Purchase Loans in Kentucky average $242,638 for Q4 2020

By Bluegrass Times | Jan 3, 2021

The average VA Purchase Loan amount for Kentucky in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2020 was $242,638, according to figures provided by the Veterans Affairs Home Loans Index.

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Kentucky pension investment earnings fall 9.2%

By Bluegrass Times | Jan 2, 2021

The earnings on investments for Kentucky public pensions dropped from $821,348 in 2019 to $745,837 in 2020, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of Public Pensions.

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VA Purchase Loans in Kentucky average $229,066 for Q3 2020

By Bluegrass Times | Jan 2, 2021

The average VA Purchase Loan amount for Kentucky in the third quarter of fiscal year 2020 was $229,066, according to figures provided by the Veterans Affairs Home Loans Index.

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Kentucky’s property tax revenue up 1.8 percent since Q4 2019

By Bluegrass Times | Jan 1, 2021

Kentucky collected $395 million in property taxes during the fourth quarter of 2020, a 1.8 percent increase over the same period the previous year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Quarterly Summary of State and Local Taxes.

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VA issues more Interest Rate Reduction Refinance Loans in Kentucky in 2020 vs. 2019

By Bluegrass Times | Jan 1, 2021

The VA issued 13,232 Interest Rate Reduction Refinance Loans in Kentucky during the 2020 fiscal year, totaling $2.9 billion, according to figures provided by the Veterans Affairs Home Loans Index.

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Kentucky reports $3.6 million in public pension contributions in 2020

By Bluegrass Times | Jan 1, 2021

In 2020, Kentucky had received $3.6 million in contributions to its public pension funds, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau's Annual Survey of Public Pensions.

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Census Bureau: More women than men in Kentucky in 2019

By Bluegrass Times | Jan 1, 2021

Of the 4,449,052 people living in Kentucky in 2019, 50.8 percent (2,258,130) were women and 49.2 percent (2,190,922) were men, according to U.S. Census Bureau data obtained by the Bluegrass Times.

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Kentucky ranked 29th in nation with rental vacancy rate of 5.5% in Q4 2020

By Bluegrass Times | Jan 1, 2021

Kentucky ranked 29th in the nation in the fourth quarter with a rental vacancy rate of 5.5 percent, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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VA Purchase Loans in Kentucky average $211,297 for Q2 2020

By Bluegrass Times | Jan 1, 2021

The average VA Purchase Loan amount for Kentucky in the second quarter of fiscal year 2020 was $211,297, according to figures provided by the Veterans Affairs Home Loans Index.

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Kentucky collects $395 million in property tax revenue in Q4 2020

By Bluegrass Times | Jan 1, 2021

Kentucky collected $395 million in property taxes during the fourth quarter of 2020, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Quarterly Summary of State and Local Taxes.