Real Estate in South Orange County California

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Who qualifies? First time buyers that purchase between Jan 1st. 2009 and before Dec. 1st. 2009 There are income limits - $75,000 for singles and $150,000 for married. Those limits are for your MAGI - "Modified Adjusted Gross Income" (see the link below). If your MAGI is above the limit, but below...
02/18/2009
The $8,000 Tax credit question. The way I read it, anyone purchasing a home this year (by Nov. 30th) is going to get $8,000 Tax Bonus (credit). This doesn't seem to just offset any tax you may have had to spend, to me it appears you are going to get an $8,000 check even if you don't pay any taxes...
02/17/2009
Anyone that has read many of my blogs knows that I am a do it yourselfer. It something breaks in or around my house, I fix it myself. I enjoy it, and I like saving the money. Well, the other day my garage door opener broke. It's a Sears, and I've had it over 15 years. No idea how old it is, I bou...
02/17/2009
Paul McDuell | Century 21 Superstars | (949) 842-9531 27546 Berdun, Mission Viejo, CA NOT A Short Sale, BUT Priced Like One. Properties Like This Rarely Come On The Market. Located on a Cul-de-Sac With a Gorgeous View of Saddleback From 4BR/2.5BA Single Family House offered at $628,800 Year Buil...
02/16/2009
Here is the problem, my market is southern California, she lives in Charlotte North Carolina. I told her that if it was me, I would wait. Wait until we have at least a couple of months where prices have risen. She won't catch the bottom that way, but she also won't get caught up in the decline (m...
02/16/2009
What do you think fellow Realtors. Are prices going to continue to slip? How long? Or are we finally at the bottom and the Tax Credit is going to stop the slide. Write back - one or two words is fine. I just would like to know the consensus. I think prices will slide for the rest of this year, bu...
02/16/2009
You can find your Senator's email address here. http://www.surrogacy.com/legals/senators.html And your Congressman here http://www.webslingerz.com/jhoffman/congress-email.html As a recap - I just read a report that the $15K tax incentive for ANY home buyer has been replaced with an $8K first time...
02/12/2009
Un-Real!! Hot off the News Sites... A $15,000 tax credit for anybody buying a home over the next year was dropped; instead, first-time homebuyers could claim an $8,000 credit for homes bought by the end of August.   That's really going to do a lot for housing.   Better than nothing, but not the s...
02/12/2009
Wow - $15K tax credit to buy a home. That could help a few buyers off the fence. What do you guys think?  I know, "where will the money come from" - Sure won't be coming from most Realtor income taxes, most aren't paying much.  On the flip side, if I was in the market to buy a home right now, I w...
02/10/2009
Wow - in this market. It's tough to sell a home even with all of the tools we Realtors have at our disposal.  There are several reasons why you don't want to take on selling your home as a do it yourself project.  1. Time - OMG - you are going to spend a ton of time just marketing your home. Firs...
02/10/2009
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