A few days ago, I wrote a post Summing it all up: New Tax Credit For "First Time Home Buyers". In the post I referred back to a post written by George Souto, which summarized the New Tax Credit Bill, which goes into effect on October 1st. 2008.
One of the reasons I wrote the post: I was shocked that a First Time Home Buyer was defined as someone who has not owned interest in a home in the last three years. To me, that seemed like a very short time frame. I expected the time frame to be greater - five years, perhaps.
Sharon Simms left a very interesting comment on my post:
Debbie - that's good information for your buyers. Are you targeting First Time Home-buyers (or, Buyers Who Haven't Owned a Home in 3 Years)? Often what you blog about, is what you attract.
That got me thinking...
I feel that I blog for a few different reasons, including:
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To attract SELLERS (listings)
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As a tool to expose my listings to a greater audience
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To attract buyers to my OWN listings
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To celebrate living in rural Missouri; the benefits to my family
What I have never consciously done: write to attract the general buyer population, to specifically attract the first time home buyer.
I am a working broker/owner; I list and I sell. BUT, I usually sell my own listings. If that buyer is a first time home buyer - great! If someone, not in my sphere, calls me looking for XYZ and I do not have XYZ listed, I refer that person on to one of my agents. I have a few agents that LOVE to work with BUYERS but do not like to list. It's a great partnership.
My post, written to share information on the new Tax Credit program, was written with SELLERS in mind. As a reminder that there are BUYERS out there and there are programs out there that will allow a buyer to buy.
I have talked to a whole host of SELLERS lately that wonder: Why should I list now?
Are there any buyers out there?
Are there any loan programs out there to help buyers?
Are banks lending money?
Yes, yes, yes!
We have buyers, there are loan programs and there are banks lending money!
Now is a great time to list, but more importantly, now is a great time to SELL property in Lebanon MO, Marshfield MO, Buffalo MO and the surrounding areas!
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