FAQ’s on $6500 Move-Up/Repeat Home Buyer Tax Credit
Who is eligible to claim the $6,500 tax credit? Qualified move-up or repeat home buyers purchasing any kind of home are eligible to claim this credit. What is the definition of a move-up or repeat home buyer? The law defines a tax credit qualified move-up home buyer (“long-time resident”) as a home owner who has owned and resided in a home for at least five consecutive years of the eight years prior to the purchase date. For married taxpayers, the law tests the homeownership history of both the home buyer and his/her spouse. Repeat home buyers do not have to purchase a home that is more

FAQ’s on $8000 First Time Home Buyer’s Tax Credit
Who is eligible to claim the $8,000 tax credit? First-time home buyers purchasing any kind of home—new or resale—are eligible for the tax credit. To qualify for the tax credit, a home purchase must occur on or after January 1, 2009 and on or before April 30, 2010. For the purposes of the tax credit, the purchase date is the date when closing occurs and the title to the property transfers to the home owner. A limited exception exists for certain contract for deed purchases and installment sale purchases. See the IRS website for more detail. However, the law also allows home sales occurring by June 30, 2010 to qualify, provided they are due to a bindi

2010 Tax Credit is LAW! First Time buyers AND some Existing home-owners qualify!
Executive Loan Pro, Andrew McElyea 469.774.4727 WASHINGTON – Buying a home is about to get cheaper for a whole new crop of homebuyers — $6,500 cheaper. First-time homebuyers have been getting tax credits of up to $8,000 since January as part of the economic stimulus package enacted earlier this year. But with the program scheduled to expire at the end of November, the Senate voted Wednesday to extend and expand the tax credit to include man

Senate Approves Homebuyer Tax Credit Extension
This just in from last night!  The Senate voted unanimously Wednesday night to extend the $8,000 tax credit for home buyers beyond its scheduled November 30, 2009 expiration date.  The credit would be available until April 30, 2010.  Under the new legislation the credit will also now apply to home buyers who are buying their second or subsequent home.  The credit currently applies only to first time home buyer. The Senate vote was 98 to 0. Under a compromise re

Closer by the minute. Tax credit due for passage and impacts some current homeowners too!
October 30, 2009—(MCT/The Wall Street Journal)-The Senate has reached a compromise on extending and expanding the $8,000 tax credit for first-time home buyers, a boost the housing industry believes will help it pull out of its two-year-old downturn.  While its passage remains uncertain, the agreement would extend the existing credit for first-time homebuyers, worth up to $8,000, while offering a new credit of up to $6,500 for some existing homeowners, Senate aides said. The reduced credit would be available to all homebuyers who have been in their current residence for a consecutive five-year period in the past eight years. Lawmakers in Washington also raised the qu