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home financing: $15,000 homebuyer credit cut in compromise - 02/13/09 01:06 PM
Stimulus package may restore higher loan limits BY MATT CARTER, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2009. A proposal to provide a $15,000 tax credit to homebuyers was stripped from a $789 billion economic stimulus package that appears headed for a vote Friday, but a restoration of higher loan limits for Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and FHA loan guarantee programs appears to have made the cut.The $15,000 homebuyer tax credit -- included in an $838 billion economic stimulus bill passed by the Senate Tuesday was scaled back to $8,000 and limited to first-time homebuyers as part of a compromise between Democrats and Republicans. The
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home financing: Home financing to get 'creative' in '09 - 01/08/09 04:11 PM
Broker sees return to seller carry-back mortgages, lease-options BY TOM KELLY, THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 2009. Searching for a home can be draining in "normal" times. When inventory is high and home mortgages are more difficult to obtain, the process of finding a property and securing financing can be downright exhausting. "Creative financing" is one of the items that is "in" for 2009, according to an annual survey conducted by Mark Nash, a Coldwell Banker broker and real estate author who uses a network of 839 Realtors in all 50 states and eight Canadian provinces to acquire consumer responses to a
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