Posts with tag Tax Credit

Don't let the slow real estate market keep you from having the home of your dreams. You don't have to move, you just need to improve. And this is the perfect time to do so. Never before have all the stars been so perfectly aligned to facilitate the remodeling needed to give you your perfect palace. Materials costs have... Continue Reading »

While the home tax credit extension looks dead, it's probably just on life support and may be revived by adding it to another bill on the Senate floor. The tax-credit extension had been attached to a large stimulus package including business tax breaks, renewal of the flood insurance program and extension of unemployment... Continue Reading »

The Senate recently voted to extend the $8,000 federal homebuyer tax credit aimed at stimulating sales to September 30, 2010 (it was originally going to end on June 30). So now it looks like an estimated 180,000 home purchasers who were already in the sales pipeline could benefit from the tax credit. [Update: The extension... Continue Reading »

We're all doing out part to conserve energy and to make our home utility bills easier on our wallets. But wouldn't it be an added bonus if the money we saved on our electric bill wasn't just money we saved but money we earned? A new company, Earth Aid, has a way to reward energy- and water-savers beyond the money they... Continue Reading »

A rise in existing home sales could open the floodgates to sales of even more homes in some regions of the U.S. as the buying season heats up. But that doesn't necessarily mean home values are expected to increase in the near future. An uptick in hiring, still-low mortgage rates, and a pent-up demand are... Continue Reading »