Nationwide Pending Home Sales Highest in 3-1/2 Years
Pending home sales have spiked nationwide. The National Association of Realtors said its Pending Home Sales Index, based on contracts signed in October, rose 3.7 percent over the previous month. The index has risen nine consecutive months, indicating the longest streak of gains since 2001. In fact, the Pending Home Sales Index surged a record [...]
Breaking News: Home Buyer Tax Credit Could Expand
A first-time home buyer tax credit of up to $8,000 has helped to move housing inventory during an otherwise sluggish real estate cycle. Now both legislators and the business community are hoping to build on the incentive’s success by expanding it.
A number of bills have been introduced in the House and the Senate that lobby [...]
First Time Home Buyers’ Tax Credit Can Be Used As 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 [...]
