Archive for June, 2010

Home Tax Credit Closing Extension Still Lives

Today is the closing deadline for home buyers to get their $8000 tax credit if they’re first timers and $6500 if they’re repeat buyers. This is if they signed contracts by April 30th. Previous efforts to extend the deadline failed, but a new move is af…

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Why Canada’s Housing Market Didn’t Crash

They saw a housing boom, they saw a recession, and yet the Canadian housing market is still cooking with gas.  Why? Fundamental differences in Canadian banking, borrowing and home buying.

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Is Home Ownership an American Right?

Today we begin a series on CNBC called The Housing Fix. To be honest, it grew out of our need to look at the biggest elephant in the home today: Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

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Alternatives You Get About Getting A Rent Against Buying A Real Estate

In the best of times the property unit market can be very disappointing, if not simply plain innumerable, and in contemporary negative economical times, it is even more puzzling. Massively changing real estate prices and interest rates are showing a lot of to ask themselves whether it is better to make rentals or to buy [...]

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Very Useful Facts To Know About Section 8 Housing

Section eight directs to the real estate help program provided through the Department of real estate and urban developments. When landlord is authorized through the program and have people in place, housing and urban development offers real estate guarantors which cover a part of monthly rent. Section eight real estate is accessible to suitable applicants [...]

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