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Home Buyer Tax Credit

Homebuyer Tax Credit is Extended to our Servicemen

We appreciate our military! Even though the Home Buyer Tax Credit extension is expiring on April 30th for most buyers, there are special rules for some members of the Military and other government employees! Qualifications for the Tax Credit (H.R. 3548, Section 11) Allows a waiver of recapture requirements for such credit to members of [...]

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8 Tips to Take Advantage of the Home Buyer Tax Credit before Time Runs Out

The home buyer tax credit currently can deliver meaningful savings, but only for those who, at a minimum, have a binding contract to purchase a home in place on April 30, 2010. With that deadline bearing down, potential buyers who want to capture the tax credit had better get serious about home shopping. Two versions [...]

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$6500 Home Buyer Tax Credit Is Perfect For Move Up and Scale Down Buyers

There has been a lot of focus on the $8000 home-buyer credit for people buying their first home or for someone who has not bought a home in 3 years. But there has been little fanfare for the other home buyer credit also available. The $6500 home buyer credit is perfect for the move [...]

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Dallas Texans Forget the Housing Forecast and Look Out the Window

The weather forecast I saw last Sunday morning showed clouds giving way to a sunny afternoon in the low 50s. I wondered how the meteorologists could be so wrong by 20 degrees. And it made me think of real estate. You frequently hear economists and financial experts predict with some measure of confidence what will happen to [...]

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Jobs at Core of 2010 Home Sales

The extension and expansion of the home buyer tax credit can be counted on to help home sales throughout the first half of this year, but how will markets fare after the credit expires on April 30 (with deals having until June 30 to close)? The health of housing for the second half of the [...]

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Pending Home Sales Stabilize, Remain above Year-Ago Levels

Pending home sales have leveled from a market swing driven by response to the home buyer tax credit, according to the National Association of Realtors®. The Pending Home Sales Index, a forward-looking indicator based on contracts signed in December 2009, increased 1.0% to 96.6 from 95.6 in November, and remains 10.9% above December 2008 when [...]

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