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8000: The First Time Home Buyer Tax Credit - How misinformation affects us all. - 10/30/09 12:47 PM

I'm frustrated by what I see.
Imagine what a consumer feels if I'm frustrated.  I work in this industry, so I know what's going on and read up on everything I can.  I spend hours doing research for posts, ideas, and clients.  I actually enjoy that side of real estate and real estate blogging.  When I see misinformation being passed around on things like the First Time Home Buyer Tax Credit recently, it really frustrates me.  Not just because I then have to field questions from my clients and locals in my area who say "but I just read on … (30 comments)

8000: First Time Home Buyer Tax Credit - So Many Opinions: What To Do About It? - 10/09/09 12:22 PM

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Like a ticking time bomb.
The First Time Home Buyer Tax Credit is set to expire on November 30, 2009.  If you haven't closed on your new home by then, you're out of luck and will miss out on the (up to) $8,000 tax credit.  People are beginning to panic a bit and the government has floated a few ideas about extension and even possibly expansion of the program.
We've all been watching the news, opinions, rumors, and thoughts on the First Time Home Buyer Tax Credit with baited breath.  From agents to lenders to consumers … (50 comments)

8000: Open Letter to First Time Home Buyers - 08/05/09 10:49 PM
Spread the word.
I came across this re-blog on Kristin Moran's blog (I sit two doors down from her everyday, yet she always discovers great stuff I don't know about).  Reading through it I found myself nodding in agreement.  It's going to be a close call for many home buyers who sit and wait.  I fear for them.  Imagine trying to close just as doomsday approaches.  Imagine something goes wrong.  Imagine your closing is delayed by one day.  Imagine losing $8,000 because your loan didn't fund on the correct day.  Would you be angry?  Of course you would.  I would be … (4 comments)

 
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