Thinking about cutting corners to get your client "under contract" before April 30? Don't do it.
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Thinking about cutting corners to get your client "under contract" before April 30? Don't do it.
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About 90 to 95 percent of Pennsylvania homebuyers accompany the home inspector when purchasing a house, according to Kathleen Kuhn, president of HouseMaster, a home inspection company.
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The law extends the present $8,000 tax credit for first-time home buyers through April 30, 2010. Current homeowners are eligible for a $6,500 tax credit through April 30, provided they have lived in the home they are selling, or have sold, as the principal residence for five consecutive years during the past eight years.
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The first-time homebuyer tax credit is having a positive impact on the real estate market recovery. As the expiration date for this successful program looms, Congress needs to hear about the positive impact this program has had and ask them to extend it, and expand it, so that REALTORS® can continue to see the...
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Kate Newton of the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency, speaks to PAR's Samantha Krepps about loan options for homebuyers.
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As a recent first time homebuyer, I was personally very excited to learn about the expanded 2009 first time homebuyer credit. Back in the spring, while going through the process, there was very little information available. We received conflicting or little information from all parties involved in the transaction process and ended up having...
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The first-time homebuyer credit provides a maximum available credit of $8,000 (for homes purchased in 2009) for either a single taxpayer or a married couple filing a joint return, but only half of that amount for married persons filing separate returns. The full credit is available for homes costing $75,000 or more.
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HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan provided good news yesterday for first-time homebuyers at NAR's Midyear Legislative Meetings in Washington, D.C.
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Speaker: PAR External Communications Specialist Samantha Krepps
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