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Mortgage Rate and New FIRST TIME BUYER CREDIT High Points

By
Real Estate Agent with NextHome Mountain Realty

"U.S. Mortgage Rates Fall for First Time in Four Weeks"

See full article here:

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20603037&sid=acRxZuA0m8yE

FIRST TIME HOME BUYER CREDIT as written:

Unanimous approval in the Senate and Supposedly going to the House today:

High Points if passed as written:

Credit will now be up to $8,000, and also offer a NEW one, a credit of up to $6,500 for SOME existing homeowners

This new reduced credit would be available to all homebuyers who have been in their current residence for a consecutive five-year period in the past eight years.

NEW higher qualifying income limits are up to $125,000 for single taxpayers and $250,000 for joint taxpayers

The maximum allowed home purchase price would be $800,000

The home buyer must have a sale agreement in hand by April 30 which must close by June 30, 2010