1st time homebuyers tax credit homebuying san diego buyers escrow: 10 Strategic Get-Into-Escrow-Quickly Tips –especially for the 1st Time Homebuyers Tax Credit - 09/06/09 12:15 PM
You still have time to take advantage of the 1st Time Homebuyers Tax Credit, but you’ve got to act quickly and strategically. You must close escrow by November 30, 2009, which means you really should enter into contract by October 15. (The government could extend this deadline, but you can’t count on it.) There’s a lot of bidding competition right now, and issues can come up during escrow, so you’ll want to give yourself as much time as possible.  Even if the Tax Credit isn’t your main motivation, you can still cut down on lengthy searches and write fewer offers by … (34 comments)