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tax credit: The Post Tax Credit Housing Market -- What Is Next? - 06/11/10 09:28 PM
Steve Harney and The KCM Crew produce a great blog called Keeping Current Matters. Today's post quotes a Realty Times poll that said that new contracts in May were down 15-25%, backed up by statistics from the Mortgage Banker Association which shows that new purchase applications were down in May. I will post these as the series is rolled out.
The Post Tax Credit Housing Market (Part 1) By Steve Harney, June 11, 2010
Here we are six weeks after the expiration of the Homebuyer Tax Credit. Armageddon did not take place. Homes are still selling. Certain price points are actually … (0 comments)

tax credit: How to File for $8,000 Tax Credit - 01/19/10 09:26 AM
From CNNMoney.com, we have just learned that the way the IRS is "handling" the tax credit is turning into yet another stumbling block to helping the real estate market recover. This seems to me to be so unfair! Anyone who qualified for the credit probably could really use that money, whether to repay mom and dad for the down payment loan or as cash to repair that fixer-upper they bought. I'm going to email the article and link this out to my clients IRS Form 5405.
Home Buyer Tax Credit: No e-file and four month delays

By CNNMoney.com Les Christie … (42 comments)