Twin Cities Buyers Seem to Have Borrowed Some More Time
October 30th, 2009 Categories: Mortgage Stuff, National Real Estate News, Real Estate News, Twin Cities Home Buyers, Twin Cities Real Estate Economy
Set to expire at end of November, plan will remain until end of April
My friend in the mortgage biz at Prime Mortgage sent me the latest news on the first-time home buyer credit:
Senators agreed Wednesday to extend a popular tax credit for first-time home buyers and to offer a reduced credit to some repeat buyers.
The tax credit provides up to $8,000 to first-time home buyers but is set to expire at the end of November.
Senators agreed to extend the existing tax credit for first-time home buyers while offering a reduced credit of up to $6,500 to repeat buyers who have owned their current homes for at least five years, said Regan Lachapelle, a spokeswoman for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev.
The tax credits would be available to home buyers who sign purchase agreements by the end of April. They would have until the end of June to close on their new homes, said a congressional aide, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to publicly discuss the deal.
It still hasn’t passed the House, yet. We’ll know soon.