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October 15, 2010

First Time Home Buyers Tax Credit Information

Rae Haining asked:




With all the recent interest in The First Time Home Buyer Tax credit, this article details what it is and how it effects you. This offers buyers guidance into what their benefits in the Nashville TN home sales market will be according to the recent new Federal guidelines. What’s in it for them??? Well, for starters, it’s great time to buy homes in Nashville, TN.!!!

What is essential is that the buyer hire an experienced Realtor to represent their interests and guide them through what could be a challenging transaction. There’s lots of inventory in the Nashville home sales market, so sellers are willing to negotiate. That means buyers have bargaining power. There is no greater need for a skilled negotiator in the real estate market than now. According to recent home sales in Nashville TN, the market prices aren’t getting any lower. When there is an abundance of inventory on the market as there is now (inventory in Nashville, TN is at a 15 year high), everyone must strive for a win-win situation for both parties.

The home buyer tax credit states that a person who hasn’t bought a home before will receive $8000 tax credit if the home is bought before December 1, 2009. Qualified buyers have about 4 months left. Three months really if you count a month for closing time. Because of this tax credit, lower prices and many less risky mortgage products on the market, home sales in Nashville TN show a much greater improvement in market conditions. This is mainly due to the Emergency Economic Stability Act started October 3, 2008 which was created to improve credit markets and lessen the tension in the real estate market.

This market lends to a variety of choices in home loans for the home buyer. FHA home loans are a great alternative for first time home buyers. The FHA (Federal Housing Administration) insures the loan allowing for easier credit qualifications, lower down payments, and lower closing costs. These loans are expected to increase up to 35% by the end of 2009 from 4% in 2007.

So if you’re sitting on the fence about buying a home, the First Time Home Buyers Credit and the availability of loan products make this a perfect time for home buying.

Manuel

August 7, 2009

First Time Home Buyers Benefit from President Obama’s Stimulus Package

Bryan Hendersen asked:


using crisis grew and the credit markets sputtered and fell, many first time home buyers became not only hesitant to purchase a house, but found getting a loan more and more difficult. Add to that the fact that the job market was quite uncertain and you had an environment in which home purchases became stagnate.

To break up this log jam, the government put in place a set of unprecedented stimulus packages to help prop up a weakened economy. These packages ranged from financial institution bail-outs to cash-for-clunkers which offered incentives for car owners to trade in their old gas guzzlers for more fuel efficient vehicles.

The centerpiece of the Obama stimulus package to spur home purchases is an incentive directed at first time home buyers to purchase a new home with a tax credit for up to $8,000. The initial Obama stimulus package included a tax credit up to $15,000, but was decreased to the $8,000 limit in its final form. This first-time home buyers incentive was put in place to cover homes purchases from January 1st and December 1st of 2009. There are several restrictions on this incentive including that the fact that home must be a primary residence and that the house cannot be sold within three years of the purchase. There are also income restrictions on this tax credit.

As with many of elements of President Obama’s stimulus package, the home purchase tax credit has its critics, but this effort has been credited with spurring home purchases after the recent economic downturn. Home sales have been trending up across the country throughout 2009 and the market is showing signs of recovery for 2010.

Nicholas

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