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tax credit: The countdown has begun! - 02/25/10 12:24 PM
The countdown has begun!
Last year's extension of the Federal tax credit for home buyers had some qualifications in it.
First time home buyers are eligible for a maximum $8,000 tax credit, and repeat home buyers are eligible for a maximum $6,500 tax credit.
However, you have to close escrow on your home purchase by the end of the day on June 30, 2010.

However, there is another qualifying step that has to be accomplished even before then, and that is that you have to have your home under a purchase contract by the end of the day on April … (16 comments)

tax credit: The Federal tax credit for home improvements expires November 30 - 11/21/09 09:13 PM
I don't know about the rest of the nation, but we are getting inundated here in San Diego with mailings, door flyers, and newspaper advertisements about the Federal tax credit of $1,500 for home improvements that expires November 30.
Apparently the home improvements tax credit did not get extended, so take this opportunity to do some Guerrilla Marketing and let your past Clients, present Clients, Sellers, Buyers, family, friends, and business associates know that they can do qualified home improvements and get a $1,500 Federal tax credit.
I'm not sure exactly what qualified home improvements are, but apparently they include quite … (6 comments)

tax credit: Remind your buyers and sellers about the home improvement tax credit - 11/01/09 11:03 PM
Our various home improvement stores, plumbers, electricians, door and window installers, garage door installers, and everyone else who works in and on real estate is inundating us with notices, advertisements, phone calls, and emails reminding us that the $1,500 federal tax credit for home improvements expires at the end of this month along with the $8,000 federal tax credit for first-time home buyers.
Wow. That's a long sentence. I'm tired, now, but I go on....
Along with reminding your past and present Clients to change the batteries in their smoke and carbon monoxide alarms, remind them of the home improvement tax … (3 comments)

tax credit: $8,000 tax credit from the Stimulus Bill - 02/23/09 07:38 PM
The Stimulus Bill signed by President Obama recently provides a tax credit incentive for certain home buyers.
If you're wanting to buy a home in San Diego County, I can help you work through the oftentimes burdensome buying process that both California and the federal government forces upon us, including the tax credit.
Here are the highlights of the $8,000 tax credit from the Stimulus Bill:
If the home you are buying is your first home, you are eligible for an $8,000 tax credit. If the home you are buying is not your first home, but you have had no ownership interest in a … (9 comments)