Home Selling Tips for Today’s Market: It’s a jungle out there. Today’s market conditions present some interesting challenges for home sellers to get the job done quickly. From pricing to staging to good record-keeping, here are some important tips on selling your home now. 1. Do not overprice the home. Buyers today are looking for…
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The $8,000 Westchester First-time Homebuyer Tax Credit – A Great Tool for Westchester First Time Buyers
This Article has some useful information for you regarding the $8,000 tax Credit available to you as a first time buyer. Read More…. The recently enacted first-time homebuyer tax credit is making a big splash with Realtors® across the country. Traffic and interest have increased as the word has spread to potential home buyers. While…
Energy Saving Ideas For Your New York Home
So, you want to save money on your New York house bills and put more dough in your pockets. You open up your mail and there it is- $30-$40 + more than last month. You scratch your head and wonder why have the utilities gone up? Could it be the taxes are higher? Maybe, but…
5 Ways First-Time Home Buyers Could Miss Out on This Year’s Tax Credit
The 2009 First-Time Homebuyer’s Tax Credit passed by Congress this year just might be the best financial opportunity available to qualified home buyers in a generation. The new credit is retroactive to January 1, 2009. Unlike the 2008 package, this is not a loan. Eligible first-time buyers receive an $8,000 tax credit from Uncle Sam…
Your Payments are Late!| Will a Loan Modification Save Your Home??
source: realty times This article has some good information on helping you understand the new Obama Loan Mod. program. It has useful information The Treasury Department recently released its Home Affordable Modification Program Guidelines (part of its Making Home Affordable initiative), which include eligibility requirements to determine which homeowners qualify for relief under the plan….
Facing Foreclosure? Modify Your Loan! Alternatives to Foreclosure in Westchester County, NY
You’ve probably been hearing an awful lot about loan modifications. It seems like in this economic climate, the subject is popping up everywhere. Though I’m based in Westchester County, NY, helping distressed homeowners wade through the climate of the current recession is what I do. Though my area sweeps Rochelle to Portchester and a hundred…
Obama's $75B plan should prevent some local foreclosures|Westchester Foreclosures|Bailout Plan
Some Guidlines in the new Obama Rescue plan could save many local homes. MESA, Ariz. – President Barack Obama threw a $75 billion lifeline to millions of Americans on the brink of foreclosure yesterday, declaring an urgent need for drastic action – not only to save their homes, but also to keep the housing crisis…
Looking for a Distressed Property In Westchester County, New York? Two Things You Need To Know
You can’t turn the television on without commentary about how it’s the end of the world in real estate. Everyone is talking about prices coming down, down, down, down. The market may have a ways to go, but a lot of investors are starting to think that it’s at or near the bottom, and coming…
Why the Bail-Out Will Not Affect Your Short Sale|Forclosure in Westchester County
The “Bail Out” or the “Buy In”, depending on if you fall for the propaganda, was/is intended to “save” the economy by injecting capital back into the financial system. The general idea is that the Federal Government will buy distressed financial instruments, like mortgage backed securities, and coax them back into being “performers” or to…