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- Overlooked Tax Deductions
- These tax deductions and credits can mean big savings on your 2008 federal income tax return. But you may not know about them, especially the new ones. So before you send in your return, check out these write-offs and take the ones you're due. ...
- Articles 2009-04-03
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- First-Time Homebuyer Credit Expiring Soon
- If you've been thinking that you wanted to take advantage of the first-time homebuyer tax credit, note that -- as of this writing -- it runs out this year. And note that "this year" means "November." That's right, to be eligible for the credit you have to close, not by...
- Blog posts 2009-10-01
- Four-year-old Gets First-Time Homebuyer Tax Credit
- The First-Time Homebuyer Tax Credit provides $8,000 towards the purchase of a new house, if it's going to be the buyer's principal residence, if the buyer hasn't owned a home in the past three years, and if the buyer makes less than $75,000. You know who fulfills...
- Blog posts 2009-10-24
- IRS Warns: Don't Take $8,000 First Time Home Buyer Tax Credit If You're Not Eligible
- It had to happen: With $8,000 in free cash available to first-time home buyers (and those who haven't owned a home in the past three years), somebody had to take advantage of the situation. The Internal Revenue Service announced this morning its first successful prosecution related to fraud...
- Blog posts 2009-07-29
- 10 Things You Must Know About the First-Time Homebuyer Tax Credit
- If you're thinking of buying your first home, you may have heard some buzz about the First-Time Homebuyer Tax Credit. If you have never bought a home before, you may qualify for up to $8,000 in tax credit if you purchase d your home between April 8, 2008 and May...
- White papers 2009-01-01
- Do I Qualify as a First-Time Homebuyer?
- Dear Ali; My parents built a new house and gave me their old one, which is the first home I've ever owned. I applied for an $80,000 fixed-rate home equity mortgage to update the place, which is the first mortgage I've ever had. Am I eligible...
- Blog posts 2009-05-01
- Better Hurry to Take Advantage of the First-Time Homebuyer Credit
- I hate deadlines, and I love to run right up to them. To procrastinate, I read one of my favorite real estate columnists -- the Washington Post's Elizabeth Razzi, who from time to time answers questions in "Real Estate Live." In Friday's column, she reminds would-be first-time...
- Blog posts 2009-07-27
- A four-year-old buys a house, and other first-time home-buyer tax credit tricks
- From a Treasury Inspector General's report to Congress: Through July 25, 2009, we identified more than 580 taxpayers younger than 18 years of age who claimed almost $4 million in First-Time Homebuyer Credits. The youngest taxpayers receiving the Credit were four years old. Contract law generally exempts children under the...
- News items 2009-10-23
- Move-Up Homebuyers Getting in on Tax-Credit Incentives
- Rather than letting the $8,000 federal tax-credit for first-time homebuyer credit lapse, Congress appears headed to reauthorizing the incentive through April 30 and expanding it to "move-up" buyers with a $6,500 credit on home purchases up to $800,000, based on a Senate vote last night. If you're...
- Blog posts 2009-11-03
- Red Flags for First-Time Homebuyers
- Dear Ali; My husband and I both grew up in houses, but we've been living in apartments for years. However, we want to take advantage of the first-time homebuyer tax credit, so we've decided to buy this year. What problems should we look out for when...
- Blog posts 2009-05-15
- Realtors Issue Call To Action to Extend $8,000 First Time Home Buyer Tax Credit
- When the going gets tough, the National Association of Realtors contacts its million-plus members and encourages them to get going. That's what happened yesterday, as the Realtors put up a video encouraging its member real estate agents and brokers to contact their Congressional representatives demanding an extension...
- Blog posts 2009-09-16
- Miss the Tax Credit? Some Consolations
- President Obama just signed the extension of the first-time homebuyer tax credit. Great if you can qualify for it -- but here are some consolations for the rest of us. Three reasons to celebrate the credit, even for renters, existing homeowners, and those too rich to qualify. by Alison Rogers
- Blog posts 2009-11-09
- How to Make the Buyer's Market Work for You
- Dear Ali; I'm a first-time buyer, and now I hear everyone say that it's a "buyer's market." What are the best ways to make that work for me? A: You make a buyer's market work for you by remembering one thing: You don't...
- Blog posts 2009-07-23
- Media Guru Peter Shankman's Work-From-Home Tips
- We’ve all dreamed of founding a million-dollar business from our spare bedrooms, but Peter Shankman has actually done it. Less than two years ago, he founded Help A Reporter Out, a way for reporters to post queries looking for sources; if a reporter needs to find a mortgage expert, or...
- Blog posts 2009-07-28
- FHA Running Through Money?
- More mortgage mess? A report by David Streitfeld and Louise Story in yesterday's New York Times raised the spectre that the Federal Housing Administration, which is helping to insure liquidity in the bottom end of the mortgage market, is facing a large number of troublesome defaults. The...
- Blog posts 2009-10-10
- Rep. Sherman and Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco Host 'Passport to Homeownership: A First-Time Homebuyer Fair'
- News Advisory: -- Free Event to Provide Tools and Resources for low and moderate- income households WHO: -- U.S. Rep. Brad Sherman (CA-27th District) -- Los Angeles City Councilman Dennis P. Zine -- Los Angeles Department of Housing -- Southern Regional Association of Realtors -- State of California Housing Finance...
- Research articles 2005-05-31
- How About a $15,000 Tax Credit For All Buyers, Even Millionaires
- The housing recovery is in danger of failing, taking with it the economy. What do you do? Senator Johnny Isakson (R-Georgia) has the solution: A bigger tax credit. The Gentleman from Georgia introduced legislation yesterday that would dramatically expand the $8,000 first-time buyer federal tax credit program: The bill nearly...
- Blog posts 2009-06-11
- More Support for $15,000 Tax Credit for Home Buyers
- The Mortgage Bankers Association just announced its support for Sen. Johnny Isakson's (R-GA) $15,000 home buyer tax credit. In a press released issued today, David Kittle, Chairman of the Mortgage Bankers Association stated his support of SB 1230, The Homebuyer Tax Credit Act of 2009: "Stimulating the housing market...
- Blog posts 2009-06-15
- $15,000 Home Buyer Tax Credit Rejected For Cash For Clunkers Bill
- It's Cash for Clunkers - but for home buyers. That's how Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.) described his $15,000 home buyer tax credit proposal. The proposed legislation would have given a $15,000 tax credit to any home buyer who bought a home, regardless of income. Sen. Isakson's proposal...
- Blog posts 2009-08-10
- Limbo Your Way to Lower Taxes
- You may be able to lower your 2009 federal income tax bill by finding ways to bring your income below certain thresholds, which would otherwise limit your write-offs. Here's how to get into those sweet spots and pay less to the Internal Revenue Service as a result... Most days, being...
- Articles 2009-03-09
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