Archive for November, 2008
First-time homebuyers should begin planning now to take advantage of a new tax credit included in the recently enacted Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008. This is a great deal even if it must be repaid over 15 years as it is interest free.
Available for a limited time only, the credit:
Applies to home purchases [...]
A recent survey by the NAR (National Association of Realtors) listed some facts about first time home buyers. Check it out and see if you fit the profile. The median age for a first time home buyer was 30 and their median income was $60,000. The average price for first time home buyer homes was [...]
It kind of looks like the whole worlds economy is going down the tube lately. How did this happen? Where did we go wrong? Who is to blame? Yada, yada, yada. I hate to break it to you but the world economy is on the brink of collapsing because of the US housing market. It’s [...]
First time home buyers have been sending in a lot of questions lately and one that comes up frequently is “What is the MLS?” I shot a short video here with an explanation of the mls and information about where you can find free access to the mls and mls listings online for most of [...]
If you are going to be a First Time home buyer anytime in the next four years, you’ll want to get out and vote tomorrow, Tuesday November 4th. If you’re not sure where to go to vote, follow this link to Google’s “where do I vote?” page and simply type [...]
