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- Tax Credit to Steady, Not Rescue, Shaky U.S. Housing
- By Lynn AdlerNEW YORK (Reuters) - Don't expect the expanded home buyer tax credit to be a permanent cure for the U.S. housing market. It won't.Take the spike in mortgage demand created by the tax credit this summer. It was followed by a plunge as the incentive was set to...
- News items 2009-11-17
- The Effects of Real Stock Returns on Sales of New and Existing Homes
- Changes in real stock returns may directly or indirectly accelerate or delay accumulation of wealth for down payments and the qualification for a mortgage loan, ultimately affecting home sales. Results from the aggregate data indicate that current changes in real stock returns have a significant effect on new home sales,...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- How Obama Could Help Stabilize Home Prices by This Fall
- Will housing really be shored up with President Barack Obama's expected plan to aid homeowners coupled with his signature yesterday of the $787 billion economic stimulus bill? One school of thought says it will. Here's how: The stimulus package will increase tax credits for home buyers...
- Blog posts 2009-02-18
- Higher Mortgage Rates Could Snuff a Nascent Housing Recovery
- Housing finally had some good news this week. According to the National Association of Realtors, pending home sales rose 6.7 percent compared to March, the third consecutive increase and the largest jump since October 2001. The indicator was also 3.2 percent higher than in April 2008. Pending...
- Blog posts 2009-06-04
- Bernanke's Jackson Hole Speech: Maybe You Had To Be There
- After Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke began his remarks this morning to the Kansas City Fed's annual symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, share prices in the U.S. stock market jumped about three-quarters of a percentage point in just 10 minutes, and ended the day up 1.9 percent. Most of the...
- Blog posts 2009-08-21
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- IRS closes loophole for deemed sale election with home sale exclusion
- IRS Revenue ruling 2001-57 (Internal Revenue Bulletin 2001-46) forewarns taxpayers that they cannot combine the deemed sale and repurchase capital gains election with the home sale exclusion. If they elect the deemed sale for an appreciated principal residence, the gain will be recognized and taxed but the home sale exclusion...
- Research articles 2002-01-01
- Home-sale exclusion for home-office and adjacent land.(Brief Article)
- People who sell a home used for business get a gift from the IRS. Before, gain on the home-office part was taxed unless the space was used by the taxpayer as a residence for two out of the five years before sale. If test wasn't met, the...
- Research articles 2003-01-17
- More sales will qualify for home-sale exclusion.
- IRS is making it easier to avoid tax when selling your main home. More sales will qualify for the home-sale exclusion, the IRS says in rules that were issued recently. We reported on some of the easings in the Jan. 17 Tax Letter. But after...
- Research articles 2003-01-31
- Massachusetts Home Sale Prices Fall in October, The Warren Group Reports
- Median Single-Family Home Sale Price Drops 6.9 percent; Condo Sales Fall More Sharply Than Home Sales for Second Straight Month BOSTON -- Massachusetts home sales fell by double-digit percentages in October, and the median sale price of single-family homes dropped 6.9 percent compared to October 2005 -- according to...
- Research articles 2006-11-28
- Late News.(Chicago, home sale study, CNA Financial Corp., sale of East Loop headquarters, South Side residents' commuting time)
- 2Q HOME SALE STUDY: CITY HOT, BURBS NOT Sales of new homes in Chicago grew 68% in the second quarter compared with the year-earlier period, with 1,499 units sold, according to Schaumburg-based real estate consultancy Tracy Cross & Associates I 2Q HOME SALE...
- Research articles 2004-07-26
- New Exceptions for Home-Sale Profits.
- Byline:Kimberly Lankford, Kiplinger Washington Editors Would there be any penalties or extra taxes if I sell my house after only one year? I will buy another house immediately and will use any gain toward the price of the new home. ...
- Research articles 2003-01-02
- Partial exclusion of home sale from divorce.(Brief Article)
- A reminder on the new home-sale exclusion rules...from IRS: Sales made after a divorce can qualify for a reduced exemption, even though the two-year use-and-residency tests haven't been satisfied. A woman who got the house in a divorce settlement had to sell it quickly...
- Research articles 2003-04-25
- Gain on Home Sale Calculator
- This template is for Gain on home sale calculator.
- Tools & templates 1996-01-10
- HUD to host online home sale.(department of housing and urban development)(Brief Article)
- HUD to Host Online Home Sale. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development HUD plans to sell up to 4,000 homes acquired through foreclosure during a special online auction that will take place Feb. 27-28. Properties available through the auction will be pulled from the ...
- Research articles 2004-02-16
- Strategic Capital Resources Announces New Model Home Sale and Leaseback Program for Private Homebuilding Companies
- BOCA RATON, Fla.--BUSINESS WIRE--April 8, 1998--Strategic Capital Resources, Inc. (OTC BB:SCRI) Thursday announced it has developed a Model Home Sale & Leaseback program for privately held homebuilding companies. Since 1995, Strategic Capital Resources has purchased 300 fully furnished model homes, complete with options and upgrades, from large publicly traded...
- Research articles 1999-04-08
- Separate sales of land next to your home.
- Separate sales of land next to your home may get a tax break. Under prior law, gain on the sale of land adjacent to your main residence could escape tax if, within a two-year period, you sold the house as well and purchased a more expensive replacement....
- Research articles 2001-10-12
- Massachusetts Single-Family Home Sales Fall Nearly 20 Percent in August, The Warren Group Reports
- Statewide Market Slowdown Continues as Year-to-Year Median Home Sale Price Drops 8 Percent 5 Percent Drop in Median Condo Sale Price is Biggest since 1995 BOSTON -- The Massachusetts housing market slumped again in August as the number of single-family home sales fell by 19.8 percent and the...
- Research articles 2006-09-25
- Should Congress Extend the Tax Credit for Home Buyers?
- Congress is currently debating two bills that would extend the life of the $8,000 tax credit for first-time home buyers, which expires December 1. Is this a good idea? The answer recalls the joke about putting two economists in a room with a problem and getting three answers. ...
- Blog posts 2009-10-15
- Coping with Home Credit Cuts
- Lenders are increasingly slashing their borrowers' home equity credit lines without warning. That can sock your financial situation and hurt your credit score, making it tougher to get another loan. But you may be able to appeal if your home equity line gets trimmed back. Here's how... You may be...
- Articles 2009-03-09
- New Home-Sale Rules.(Brief Article)
- Homeowners usually can exclude from taxes all the profit from the sale of their home. In order to qualify for the exemption, the general rule is that you must own and occupy the home for two of the five years before the sale. If you meet that...
- Research articles 2003-02-01
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