Posts Tagged ‘Buying’

You Still Need a Realtor to Buy Direct from the Builder

It always seems simple to walk into a model home and deal directly with the builder but that’s not the best idea.  More people are taken advantage of when alone than with a real estate agent.  All the paperwork you’re required to sign, disclosures, clauses and most important releases. 
When you sign a release you practically [...]

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Programs to help with Down Payments on your New Home

While now is the perfect time to purchase a new home many potential home buyers can’t come up with a reasonable down payment.  This seems to become the biggest obstacle in purchasing a new home. But wait a minute…there are plenty of programs out there to help with new homebuyer down payments.
There are always state, [...]

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Tax Credit Can Be Used for Down Payment

Shaun Donovan, secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, on Tuesday said that the Federal Housing Administration is going to permit its lenders to allow home buyers to use the $8,000 tax credit as a down payment.
Previously, most buyers wouldn’t receive the funds until after they filed their tax return, and that [...]

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2009 First-Time Home Buyer Tax Credit

Bringing the Dream of Homeownership Within Reach
As part of its plan to stimulate the U.S. housing market and address the economic challenges facing our nation, Congress has passed legislation that grants a tax credit of up to $8,000 to first-time home buyers
Here is more information about how the 2009 First-Time Home Buyer Tax Credit can [...]

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Short Sale Dealing

There are a number of ways one can acquire real estate at a tremendous price and in today’s world of an exploding mortgage crisis probably the most common method is through a short sale. For those not familiar with what a short sale refers to it is the instance of where the seller of the [...]

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