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Senate and House Approve Tax Credit Extension

Thursday, November 5, 2009

Here are the details of the tax credit extension/expansion that the House and Senate have passed (HR 3548) First-timers: Extend the $8,000 homebuyer tax credit to contracts signed by April 30 and closed by June 30. Previously was set to expire after Nov. 30. First-time homebuyer is defined as someone who has not owned a [...]

Tax Credit Update — is expanding it a good thing?

Thursday, October 29, 2009

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Looks like we have a NEW plan to consider on the extension of the home buyers’ tax credit. (We talked about the old one yesterday). Seems Baucus/Reid/Dodd/Isakson team has come to an agreement to merge their proposals into one. Media outlets are all reporting different income limits, but this is what the Congressional Quarterly [...]

Extend the home buyer tax credit

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

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There are a number of strong opinions on the extension of the $8K first time home buyer tax credit. Ultimately, the debate is about whether or not it is creating long term value for the economy, versus a short term artificial prop up for home prices. In my view, and the view of many on [...]

$27.4 Billion Cut from Asking Prices Nationally

Friday, June 5, 2009

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Every month at Trulia we run an analysis of price reductions for homes on the market to understand — have we seen the bottom? Is it a good time to buy? What does this mean for sellers? Without further ado… Looking at all homes on the market as of June 1: $27.4 billion has been cut from [...]

Search for price reduced homes across the US on Trulia!

Thursday, April 23, 2009

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I’m a homebuyer — well, sort of. I’ve seriously considering buying a home at least 3 times in the past 2 years (getting pre-approved once). And now with a moderately more “affordable” San Francisco, you guessed it, we are seriously considering jumping back in. Ron, watch out, we might be calling you (again) soon. Today Trulia [...]

Obama speaks…again

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

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This morning President Obama addressed the nation. And because my (not so) secret wish of becoming a DC journalist will never come to pass, I thought I’d re-post highlights from one of my favorite political sites. While it’s not all directly housing related, we know that stabilizing the economy is priority number one in getting the [...]

Mortgage rates going up/down… What’s going on?

Thursday, March 19, 2009

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This morning I saw a interesting status update on Facebook, by the ever opinionated and knowledgable Brian Brady. Here are snippets from various sources: Coming out of the two day policy meeting, the Fed is purchasing an additional $750 agency mortgage backed securities + $100 billion more for mortgage debt to help spur private credit markets. Business [...]

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Senate and House Approve Tax Credit Extension

Tax Credit Update — is expanding it a good thing?

Extend the home buyer tax credit

$27.4 Billion Cut from Asking Prices Nationally

Search for price reduced homes across the US on Trulia!

Obama speaks…again

Mortgage rates going up/down… What’s going on?

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