As the real-estate industry rushes to help buyers close in time to get its $8,000 tax credit, it may get some (more) help from Uncle Sam. On Wednesday, the Senate approved a proposal to extend the closing deadline on the tax credit of up to $8,000 for homebuyers. Under the measure, buyers would have until [...]
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Federal Tax Credit Extension Imminent! Maybe Until September 30th!! Good news for short-sale buyers!Find below the order which was given by General John Logan in 1868. Now called our current ”Memorial Day” celebration. Originally as you can see the name given to this time of rememberance was “Decoration Day”. It’s context was the ending of the Civil War and the memory of those fallen to protect the unity of our [...] Who is Eligible for HAFA? Homeowners in Sonoma County,California in Distress need to read the qualifications of this “game changer” loan program. The HAFA (Housing Affordable Foreclosure Alternatives) program will be offering homeowners with NON-Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac loans–a way OUT of their homes if they so desire! Here’s to see if you qualify! Country property Primer: If your gonna BE Country— I had a client call me once saying he’d grown weary of living in the city and had a dream to live on 5 acres in the Country. He insisted on being show 5 Acre properties. I asked him what he was used to? He [...] Nationally recognized REO/Foreclosure Expert-Ivan Choi Joins us this Sunday on the Real Estate Hour!This Week on the “Real Estate Hour”, the NorthBay’s Longest running real estate talk show! Sunday, March 7, 9 to 10am PST, KSRO, 1350AM or tune us in on the web at: www.KSRO.com or visit our radio show blog: www.TheRealEstateHourBlog.com Have a question for Ivan? Call: 707-636-1350 or email before, during or after the show to: [...] The Commerce Department reported Wednesday that housing starts reached an annual rate of 791,000 last month, the lowest level since the department began tracking starts in 1959. The rate tumbled 4.5% from the revised reading of 828,000 in September. Note also the magnitude of the drop in the chart below— it is unprecedented, having easily surpassed [...] With permission from Lou Barnes, I’m reprinting this paragraph which gives the NFIB survey of small busienss trends in the marketplace. Makes for some interesting reading. One startling fact is the availability of money for small business has been rated almost 5 times as difficult to obtain than in 2004. When [...] Update from Charles McMillan, NAR President and Jerry Giovaniello, NAR Senior Vice President Government Affairs Here is a link to Chris Thornberg’s presentation on the state of our Economy given this morning at the Sonoma County Economic Development Board’s annual breakfast. Chris, formerly of the UCLA school of economics, now has his own firm, Becon Economics. Wide ranging in its scope, the presentation DID state we are at the bottom of the [...] |
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